> Putin can still create pain for Ukraine (and Europe) by cutting off gas supplies If you stop pumping gas through the pipeline, you have several options: aban

> Putin can still create pain for Ukraine (and Europe) by cutting off gas supplies If you stop pumping gas through the pipeline, you have several options: abandon the field (not reversible, I think), pump it to the atmosphere, burn it, store it in gas form, store it in liquid form. Russia lacks the infrastructure for the last two options.