Slovakia is the sole nation among Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic and Moldova — Gazprom's remaining European customers who receive their gas via Ukraine — to press authorities in both Ukraine and the European Union to allow the continued flow of Russian gas across Ukraine from January 2025.

Slovakia supports Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, but expects Kyiv to keep gas supplies flowing, even as a transit deal for Russian shipments ends in December.

Ukraine will not extend its gas transit agreement with Russia after it expires at the end of 2024, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday. The two held talks in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine and,

If oil and gas trade is this war’s canary in the coal mine, then the expiration of Ukraine’s transit agreement with Russia this December should be viewed with alarm.

Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal has reported that Ukraine will not extend the Russian gas transit contract after it expires in 2025. Source: Shmyhal at a joint press conference with Slovak PM Robert Fico Quote: "Ukraine will not extend the transit agreement with Russia after its expiry.

Ukraine will not extend the gas transit agreement with Russia after its expiration, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says. “Ukraine will not extend the transit agreement with Russia after its expiration.