Putin is using his leverage on the E.U. with his gas and oil exports to the the E.U.
Shortages are of gas will be coming soon to the E.U.
But Putin is screwed in trying that with NATO (the U.S.) because the U.S. doesn't need his gas and oil.
The U.S. has more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves on Earth.
Here are the official estimates:
8 times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
18 times as much oil as Iraq
21 times as much oil as Kuwait
22 times as much oil as Iran
500 times as much oil as Yemen
When Trump was president, the U.S. was exporting and not importing oil.
The U.S. has more than enough to share with Europe so why is this not happened yet ?
This war is forcing the E.U. to get busy with alternatives as costly as they are going to be.