'Gazprom is simply pulling on the gas chain in which they have been trying to shackle Europe for a long time,' Zelensky said.
is accusing Russia's state-run energy company of attempting to"shackle" European countries and punishing them with high gas prices for backing Ukraine against Moscow's invasion.
A key benchmark for European gas futures prices rose above 120 Euros per megawatt hour on Thursday, a 32 percent increase from last month, according to Trading Economics.Tuesday it would have to cut the amount of natural gas planned to flow through the Nord Stream pipeline to Europe from 167 million cubic meters per day to 100 million.
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