The European Union is on track toward its goal of ending Europe's reliance on Russian fossil fuels within this decade, the European Commission said. European countries are heading into their second winter with scarce Russian gas, after Moscow slashed deliveries last year following its invasion of Ukraine -- inflicting an energy crisis of record-high gas prices in Europe. In a report published on October 24, Brussels said the EU expected imports of Russian gas to drop to 40-45 billion cubic meters (bcm) this year, compared with 155 bcm in 2021, the year before the Ukraine war.
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