Ukraine has previously ruled out extending a contract to transit Russian gas, via Ukraine, to Europe, which is due to expire at the end of the year.Β Slovakia, one of the recipients of the gas, has been racing to prolong the deal.
Ukraine could consider continued transit of Russian gas on the condition that Moscow does not receive money for the fuel until after the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
“We would not prolong the transit of Russian gas. We will not give the possibility of additional billions to be earned on our blood, on the lives of our citizens,” Zelenskyy told a news conference on Thursday during a European Union summit in Brussels.
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Ukraine announces it will stop all transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine from January 1st pic.twitter.com/0OBl02g7te
