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U.S. Pushes Russian Gas Sales to Europe via Ukraine Pipelines as Kyiv Resumes Refinery Strikes

A Witkoff-Kushner plan would route Russian gas through a U.S. intermediary and escrow account to win an energy truce, but EU law bans Russian gas by 2027.

By Ecker Geopolitics Desk · Reviewed and edited by Brendan Ecker

· Updated · 1 min read

EIA map of major Russian natural gas pipelines to Europe through Ukraine, including the Bratstvo and Soyuz lines

The Trump administration is pushing to restore Russian natural gas sales to Europe through Ukraine's pipelines, routed via a U.S. intermediary with proceeds held in escrow, according to a Wall Street Journal report circulated Nov. 2. Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pitched it as an incentive for an energy truce, as Ukraine resumed drone strikes on Russian refineries in Samara, Ufa and Kstovo. The European Commission says its Russian gas phase-out, law until 2027, is not changing.

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Russian gas · Ukraine · European Union · Steve Witkoff · Jared Kushner · energy ceasefire · oil refineries · Vladimir Putin

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