The historic first marks a milestone in Washington’s bid to replace Russia as Europe’s top source of natural gas.

Slovakia has arranged alternative gas sources and routes, but Fico has argued that the end of Ukraine's transit of Russian gas meant that Slovakia lost its own transit revenue and

Central European gas flows have adapted to the halt of Russian supplies through Ukraine on Jan. 1, as increased shipments to the region from Germany and Italy make up the shortfall, data from network operators showed on Monday.

Pro-Russia separatist enclave, which fought against Moldova in 1992, declare a state of emergency over the end of shipments

"This unfolded as expected," Ikonen stated. "We’ve been working closely with member states and Ukraine for over a year to prepare for this scenario. Last week, we convened an emergency gas coordination group to assess the end of the transit agreement,

Poland's Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, welcomed the end of Russian gas transit via Ukraine as another victory over Moscow. On the social media network X (formerly Twitter), the head of Polish diplomacy was quick to express his satisfaction,

When asked about whether such a move caused any kind of emergency in Slovakia, European Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said that the Gas Coordination Group held talks last week and concluded that "there are no security supplies issues or concerns for the European Union following the end of the transit.