Russia’s Gazprom to make drastic cut to Europe’s gas supply from Wednesday

Zelenskiy accused Moscow of gas war' after Russian state-controlled energy company says it is halting a turbine due to its technical condition'

The Russian state-controlled energy company Gazprom has announced a drastic cut to gas deliveries through its main pipeline to Europe from Wednesday, prompting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to accuse Moscow of waging a gas war".

The Russian gas export monopoly said it was halting the operation of one of the last two operating turbines due to the technical condition of the engine", cutting daily gas deliveries via the Nord Stream pipeline to 33m cubic metres a day - about 20% of the pipeline's capacity.