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Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., discuss the response after Ukraine reportedly fired U.S. long-range missiles into Russia on ‘Special Report.’<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine has received</a> its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S., energy company officials confirmed this week— a positive development for Kyiv as it moves to ramp up its purchases of U.S. supplies and protect against broader supply concerns in the region.<br>Ukraine’s private energy company, DTEK, confirmed it has received some 100 million cubic meters of U.S. LNG in the shipment, which the U.S. shipped to an LNG regasification terminal in Greece. <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-defense-department-announces-new-multi-billion-dollar-aid-packages-ukraine"><strong><u>BIDEN'S DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES NEW MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR AID PACKAGES FOR UKRAINE</u></strong></a><br><span>An LNG tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas is moored at a floating terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in 2023.</span> <span>(Sina Schuldt/dpa via AP)</span><br>The news comes after Ukraine’s DTEK inked a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/leave-oil-me-trump-vows-unleash-u-s-energy-undo-key-biden-rules-second-term" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supply deal with U.S.-based LNG supplier</a> Venture Global in June.<br>The DTEK contract is the first significant LNG contract to be struck between Ukraine and the U.S. and will allow Ukraine to purchase an "unspecificed" amount of LNG from Venture Global through 2026. The companies also signed a separate 20-year agreement, in keeping with traditional longer-term LNG supply contracts.<br>The news comes just hours before Russian gas giant, Gazprom, is slated to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/science/planet-earth/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">halt all piped gas deliverie</a>s shipped through Ukrainian pipelines to other European countries, following the expiration of its five-year contract.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/germany-accuses-elon-musk-trying-interfere-its-national-elections"><strong>GERMANY ACCUSES ELON MUSK OF TRYING TO INTERFERE IN ITS NATIONAL ELECTIONS</strong></a><br><span>Then-President Donald Trump speaks at the Cameron LNG Export Terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana, in 2019.</span> <span>( Scott Clause/USA Today)</span><br>Ukraine itself does not purchase Russian gas supplies. However, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/the-european-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the European Union (EU) remains heavily dependent</a> on imported gas, including from Russia.<br>Even after the abrupt throttling of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, the EU depends on piped Russian gas for roughly 5% of its total gas imports— sparking fresh fears as to how the bloc might cope in the event of a supply emergency or <a href="https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">colder-than-expected winter</a>. <br><span>A Belarusian worker on duty at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline, southwest of the capital Minsk, Belarus.</span> <span>(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)</span><br>In the interim, Ukrainian officials said, they hope the additional U.S. supplies can help fill in the gap and help ease any near-term supply crises in the EU.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a><strong> </strong><br>"Cargoes like this are not only providing the region with a flexible and secure source of power, but are further <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eroding Russia’s influence</a> over our energy system," DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko said in a statement. <br>Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.<br>Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.<br>By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a>, and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News. 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