The current gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expires at the end of 2024, with Vladimir Putin having already said there was no time left to renew the contract. Will eastern EU members be hit the hardest?

Austria should not face supply disruption as it has prepared for the switch from eastern supplies of natural gas to western alternatives after Ukraine's contract with Gazprom expires on Tuesday, Austria's energy regulator E-Control said.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that Budapest is in talks with Russia and Ukraine on keeping open gas shipments via Ukraine even though its Russian gas imports now come via the Turkstream pipeline.

Hungary is in talks with Russia and Ukraine on keeping open gas shipments via Ukraine even though its Russian gas imports now come via the Turkstream pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday,

European gas prices have jumped after Vladimir Putin abandoned a key pipeline transporting the fuel through Ukraine.

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has announced plans to supply gas to Europe while bypassing Ukraine. This comes as Ukraine’s President Zelensky refuses to extend the gas transit deal set to expire on December 31,

Vladimir Putin has condemned Ukraine’s decision to refuse an extension of the agreement allowing Russian gas to transit to several European countries. Earlier this month, Kyiv announced that the deal,

The agreement allowing Russian gas to transit through Ukraine to Europe will expire in a few days. Our eastern neighbors have already announced that they do not intend to extend it. The Kremlin is trying to put on a brave face,