The advent of winter on the continent and robust demand in Asia for liquefied natural gas that comes by ship are major factors in the shortage, but so are a lack of Russian deliveries on the spot mark

The advent of winter on the continent and robust demand in Asia for liquefied natural gas that comes by ship are major factors in the shortage, but so are a lack of Russian deliveries on the spot market.

The EU depends on Russia for around a third of its gas supplies.

Gas is mainly pumped via pipelines that transit Ukraine or other eastern European nations, heating homes and powering industry across the 27-nation bloc and its neighbors, such as Britain.