US backs proposal to resume Russian gas transit through Ukraine to Europe

Where Left and Right agree, and where they split

Where Left and Right agree

Both frame the gas-transit proposal as a bargaining chip valued only insofar as it secures a durable ceasefire, not as an end in itself.

Where Left and Right split

The left and the right split on whether gas transit trades away Ukraine's sacrifice or buys US leverage.

Why they won’t converge

The divide is values-based: one side weighs near-term leverage toward ending the war against the other's weighting of durable energy independence over a revenue-driven ceasefire bargain.

Watch for

Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi are scheduled for mid-November, which would show whether the energy-ceasefire push produces any concrete agreement before winter.The Independent