Russian Gas via Ukraine: Trump Seeks to Resume Deliveries to Europe, WSJ Reports

According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, advocated in September in Moscow and Kyiv for Russian gas to resume flowing to Europe through Ukraine. The shipments would pass through a US intermediary, and the White House reportedly proposed placing the proceeds in an escrow account in a third country. The proposal follows several US steps easing pressure on Moscow, including a license allowing transactions involving Russian diesel and the suspension of sanctions and tariffs. Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the decisions; Russia now supplies 11% of Europe’s gas consumption, down from 45% before the war.