hadn't realised EU was still buying gas directly from Russia as late as 2024, literally fuelling Putin's war machine. Ukraine, at war with Russia, facilitating the transit and earning transit fees for it, presumably to finance the war from the opposite side.
Ukraine was under a 5 year contract for that transit, and their European allies were very insistent that they not break it for some strange reason cough greed cough. Ukraine depends on support from Europe, both in monetary terms and for armaments, but also as a host to millions of Ukrainian refugees.
As soon as Ukraine could legally stop the flow without the EU using the fig leaf of the contract force them to keep it flowing, they stopped it.
This is a serious blow for Putin allies on Transnistria for example. The pro-Russian separatist movement and Russian army could be chased off the area finally by the lack of electricity and heating
This is internationally recognized as a part of Moldova. It seems (correct me, if I'm wrong) that there is a general consensus among the UN that is a place from a country illegally occupied by the army of other country for decades.
> It's quite telling that you don't care about civilians living there.
I'm just telling a possible consequence of this situation.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Do they care about civilians living there? If they care, why are they still occupying the place since the 90's. Why still there, if Russia signed a treaty agreeing to withdraw its troops no later than 2002? (to break later their own promise). And in 2016 again. And even after the UN said "withdraw the troops right now" in 2018. If they don't care, why should we?
I assume that the majority of natives from the area (that don't descend from Russians), should have the right to be left alone in their own country. Why only the ethnically Russians should have rights there?
