BRUSSELS, Sept 11 – European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has said the European Union is ready to completely stop the transit of Russian gas through the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) after the current agreements expires in December this year.

"I have been very clear also when I was speaking with my counterparts in Ukraine that we have been preparing ourselves for this situation that transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia will expire by the end of this December. We have found alternative supply routes and member states or their companies who are still receiving gas from Russia, they actually have received extra two years compared with other companies whom Russia decided to cut off supply already back in 2022," she told a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday.