The Russian Herbal fuel exports of Ukraine to several European countries have stopped after kyiv refused to renew a traffic agreement that expired on Wednesday.

Ukraine had warned that it would renew the five-year transit agreement amid the ongoing military clash with Russia.

“We stopped Russian gas traffic. This is an old event. Russia loses its markets, will go through monetary losses. Europe has already made the resolution to leave Russian gas, “said Energy Energy Minister, Gaulushchenko’s energy minister, in a statement.

Russia’s energy giant Gazprom said gas exports to Europe had been halted from 8am Moscow time (05:00 GMT) as the transit deal had expired.

“Due to the repeated and obviously expressed refusal of the ukrainian aspect to renew tose agingements, gazprom haen disadvantaged of the technical and legal capacity to source fuel for transit via the territory of ukraine from January 1, 2025,” Gazprom said in a on a The telegram messaging application.

Ukraine pumps Russian herbs to several European countries, adding Slovakia, Moldova and Hungary.

Brussels has minimized the effect that the loss of the Russian fuel source will have on the 27 members block.

“The commission has been working for more than a year in particular in preparation for a situation without Russian fuel being transmitted by Ukraine,” he told AFP news firm on Tuesday.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico blasted the move on Wednesday, warning it would be Europe that pays the price.

“Stop the fuel traffic through Ukraine will have a drastic effect on all of us, but not in the Russian Federation,” said Fico in a video message on Facebook.

Fico, who criticized the European Union for kyiv, went to Moscow last week to meet Putin, waiting for fuel flow prevention.

In a separate dispute over payments, Gazprom also said it would halt gas supplies to Moldova, forcing Chisinau to introduce a state of emergency.

The Moldavo government said that the pro-ruse region in Bussia in transnetria in a “difficult situation” after fuel materials were reduced on Wednesday.

Government spokesman Daniel Voda said that “Russian blackmail in the regional trans region stops. “

Local media have reported heating breakdowns in the region, while an energy supplier suggested citizens “dress warmly,” gather in a room, seal doors and windows with curtains and blankets, and avoid homemade heating equipment.

The rest of Moldova has been spared blackouts for now, able to secure power imports from neighbouring Romania.

It has already been cut with direct Russian gas, but it was still founded on a giant force plant in Russia in Russia in Transnistria for its electricity.

The closure of Russia’s oldest gas direction to Europe ends a decade of heavy work brought about through Russia’s Crimean crisis in 2014.

“It puts an end to what was once Russia’s domain in the EU energy market. It has used this domain in the effect beyond damage economically, since it required higher costs or threatened to turn off the taps in the middle of the mid – Winter, “Jonah Casco de Al Jazeera reported in kyiv.

“And of course, this has reached a value for the European Union itself, diversifying the offering to more beloved liquid herbal fuel products. In turn, it will damage the bloc’s economic output and cause genuine considerations about its long-term global competitiveness. »»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the high traffic would see Moscow lose “one of the most successful and geographically available markets” for its gas. In an article on X, he said that Russia “covers up the cynical blackmail of partners. “

The EU has intensified efforts to reduce its dependence on Russian power after the outbreak of the army clash in Ukraine in 2022 through sources of choice.

As of December 1, the EU won less than 14 billion cubic meters (BCM) of Russia Ukraine fuel, below 65bcm per year, when the newest five -year contract began in 2020. The European Commission has said that The volume can be completely replaced through liquefied herbal fuel and imports of non -russian pipes.

Russia still exports gas via the TurkStream pipeline on the bed of the Black Sea.

Hungary – which like Slovakia has remained friendly to Moscow – receives most of its Russian gas imports via the Black Sea pipeline. As a result, Budapest will remain largely unaffected by Ukraine’s decision.