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submitted 5 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

Ukraine has stopped Russian natural gas transit to Europe after a prewar deal expired, citing national security concerns amid the ongoing war.

This marks a significant shift, as Russian gas continued to flow through Ukraine’s pipelines for nearly three years post-invasion.

The move aligns with Europe’s broader goal to phase out Russian gas by 2027, with Russia's market share already plummeting to 8%.

The halt impacts countries like Moldova and highlights Europe's diversification efforts, including U.S. and Norwegian imports.

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[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 3 points 5 days ago

It's the status quo and not doing anything in hope (valid perhaps) that the problem resolves itself is the strategy employed by Moldova. While your comparison is technically true it's not all that clear, and it can become ugly, because Moldova as a state never actually held these territories, and in case of russian disappearance act they will immediately claim that they are an authonomous region as moldovan law states, or even start their old song about them being ukrainians so obviously they can't be part of the country on general terms. At best Moldova gets another gagauzia. Add to everything else their stokholm syndrom (I know that it probably doesn't exist) with russia and their strong influence.

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