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Proposed edits to Russo-Ukrainian War, loaded 24 May 2022. Sentences in bold have been edited.

Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
'''Ukraine transmits the largest amount of natural gas in the world. In 2021, Russia provided 45% of the European Union's gas imports. Following Russia's launch of the Nord Stream pipeline, which bypasses Ukraine, gas transit volumes have been steadily decreasing. Nonetheless, Ukraine has remained the main transit route for Russian natural gas sold to Europe''', which earns Ukraine about $3 billion a year in transit fees, making it the country's most lucrative export service. ''' Following Russia's launch of the Nord Stream pipeline, which bypasses Ukraine, gas transit volumes have been steadily decreasing. ''' During the Ukrainian crisis, starting in February 2014 with the Russian annexation of Crimea, severe tensions extended to the gas sector. The outbreak of war in the Donbas region forced the suspension of a project to develop Ukraine's own shale gas reserves at the Yuzivska gas field, which had been planned as a way to reduce Ukrainian dependence on Russian gas imports. Eventually, the EU commissioner for energy Günther Oettinger was called in to broker a deal securing supplies to Ukraine and transit to the EU.