> Before 2022 Ukraine shut down the pipeline to the EU in 2009 and threatened to do so again in 2014.
That is a complete lie, Ukraine did not "shut down the pipeline", Russia did - both times - because of their disputes (both trade and physical) with Ukraine. During those shutdowns, Ukraine was not receiving gas either.
The root of the dispute being that Russia massively increased the price Ukraine had to pay for gas as political punishment.
Russia then used that as leverage to try to get other nations, like Germany, to put pressure on Ukraine themselves.
That is a complete lie, Ukraine did not "shut down the pipeline", Russia did - both times - because of their disputes (both trade and physical) with Ukraine. During those shutdowns, Ukraine was not receiving gas either.
The root of the dispute being that Russia massively increased the price Ukraine had to pay for gas as political punishment.
Russia then used that as leverage to try to get other nations, like Germany, to put pressure on Ukraine themselves.