Russian gas flows through Ukraine stopped in the early hours of Wednesday after a transit deal between the two countries expired in the wake of Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
The pipeline was one of the last two routes still carrying Russian gas to Europe nearly three years into the full-scale war. EU countries will lose about 5 per cent of gas imports in the middle of winter.
While traders had long expected flows to stop, the end of the pipeline route through Ukraine will affect Europe’s gas balance at a time when demand for heating is high. Slovakia is the country most affected.
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