Ukraine will halt the shipment of Russian oil and gas through its pipelines to the European Union at the end of this year, when the current contract expires and will not be renewed, a top adviser to the government said on Friday. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymr Zelensky, said in an interview with the Novini.Live broadcaster, that the current contract ends at the end of the year, and although the agreement cannot be unilaterally cancelled “there is no doubt that it will all end on January 1, 2025.” Kiev is prepared to transport gas from the Central Asian countries or Azerbai…