Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
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And why didn’t it cut off Russia’s natural gas earlier?
By Marc SantoraAndrew Higgins and Stanley Reed
Marc Santora reported from Kyiv, Ukraine; Andrew Higgins from Warsaw; and Stanley Reed from London
Natural fuel stopped flowing through a pipeline connecting Russia to Ukraine on Wednesday, according to officials in both countries.
The effects of this shutdown, while long overdue, may affect the European energy sector and potentially Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine.
Ukraine has refused to renew an agreement that allows Russia to send vegetable fuel to Europe via pipeline. The agreement is in good standing even after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, sparking the bloodiest European confrontation since World War II.
The Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline was built in Soviet times to ship Siberian fuel to European markets. It has become the main crossing to the Ukrainian-Slovak border from Siberia, passing through the city of Sudzha, which is now under Ukrainian control. of the forces of the Ukrainian army – in the Russian Kursk region.
The pipeline is Russia’s last main fuel room to Europe after the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany – likely through Ukraine – and the closure of a route to Poland via Belarus.
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