Putin Warns: No Time For New Gas Transit Deal Between Ukraine/Europe

There isn’t time for a new gas transit deal to be reached between Russia and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, who was quick to add that the lack of a deal was entirely Ukraine’s fault. Ukraine has so far refused to extend the gas transit deal currently in place that would see gas transit continue uninterrupted to Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia—a refusal that Putin says only hurts Europe. The current gas transit deal began nearly five years ago and expires at the end of 2024, and if the deal…