Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
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And why didn’t he cut off Russia’s herbal fuel source sooner?
By Marc SantoraAndrew Higgins and Stanley Reed
Marc Santora reported from Kyiv, Ukraine; Andrew Higgins of Warsaw; and Stanley Reed of London
The natural fuel stopped flowing through a pipeline linking Russia to Ukraine on Wednesday, according to officials in both countries.
The effects of this shutdown, while long overdue, could 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 deal was revered even after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, triggering the bloodiest European standoff since World War II.
The Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline was built in the Soviet era to transport Siberian fuel to European markets. It has become the main crossing to the Ukraine-Slovakia border from Siberia, passing through the city of Sudzha, which is now under the control of Ukrainian army forces, in Russia’s 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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