, the Russia-German gas pipeline that Russia built to bypass Ukraine. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, told Germany’s Welt newspaper that Ukraine “will consider” negotiations on compensation for loss of Gazprom transit fees due to the bypass pipeline. With compensation talk growing, he said: “The gas pipeline should be used as a lever to encourage Russia to play a constructive role in the peace process in eastern Ukraine.” In Washington, Vitrenko released a video saying that if the Biden Administration fails to impose pipeline-stopping sanctions, the US Congress could adopt legislation forcing the Administration to impose them.