The commission declined to comment on a new timeline. The EU aims to stop importing Russian natural gas by 2027, a goal set after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, some member states have done little to diversify,

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has insisted that Europe faces a ‘clear and present danger’ amid the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Von der Leyen disclosed this in a tweet via her X account on Thursday.

Until Trump's sanctions threat, this was another week when all the pressure seemed to be on Kyiv, giving Russia little reason to tame its appetite. The suspension of American military aid and intelligence is one of the worst setbacks for Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion,