“They’ve made mistakes,” the Russian president said in a televised meeting with Russia’s energy officials on Wednesday.

The European Union, which is heavily dependent on Russia's gas, is facing an energy crisis, with experts warning it is time for the 27-country bloc to improve relations with Moscow

US authorities say Russia’s Nord Stream 2 has become a reality.

Works on Nord Stream 2 project will end next week despite US objections to the Russian project.

US President Joe Biden pledges $60 million in new military and security aid to Ukraine, saying Washington is “firmly committed” to the European country’s territorial integrity against what he calls “Russian aggression.”

China criticizes the United States for imposing sanctions against Russia over its joint gas project with Europe.

Russia says the new US sanctions over an incident involving opposition figure Alexei Navalny prove that Washington continues to pursue a policy aimed at worsening relations with Moscow.

The Biden administration has announced to impose sanctions on a Russian vessel and two Russian individuals involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says all attempts by the US-led Western countries to undermine the Nord Stream 2 project, a sprawling undersea pipeline that will carry Russian gas directly into Germany, has been doomed to failure.

Russia could begin pumping gas to Europe from its Nord Stream 2 pipeline within the next few months.