Sikorski: Ukraine doesn’t allow Putin to blackmail Eure with gas

This was stated on X by Pish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, Ukrinform reports.

“Putin spent billions building Nordstream to circumvent Ukraine and blackmail Eastern Eure with the threat of cutting off gas supplies. Today Ukraine cut off his ability to export gas direct to the EU,” Sikorski wrote.

According to the t diplomat, this is “another victory after the enlargement of NATO by Finland and Sweden.”

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, on January 1 at 07:00, Ukraine put to a halt the transit of Russian gas through its territory citing national security considerations.

Kyiv had informed international partners about the move in due course.

The Eurean Commission confirmed that Eure had been prepared for Russian gas transit suspension via Ukraine from January 1, 2025.