Ukraine breached the international law and ignored the existing transit tariff agreement initially by unlawfully withdrawing Russian gas and then by fully closing shipments across its territory to Europe.

In such unprecedented conditions, when our European consumers do not get the gas anyway, we have to halt supplies to the gas transportation system of Ukraine altogether until Ukraine provides guarantees of its transit to Europe in full volume.  

At the same time Gazprom is taking all possible measures to fulfill its export commitments. It has increased supplies through the territory of Belarus and the Blue Stream pipeline, and upped the withdrawal of gas from underground storages in Europe, and engaged in spot transactions.