The move is expected to have limited impact on the continent, which has diversified its energy supplies since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine has halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through a Ukraine's pipeline network, almost three years into Moscow’s all-out invasion of its southern neighbor.

Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year's Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow's dominance over Europe's energy markets.