Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine resumed after a three-month break, said the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller.
"Today at 10. 00 Gazprom started delivering gas to Ukraine. From the NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" received the Deposit in the amount of 234 million dollars of the promised five hundred million dollars in October. Ukraine has requested maximum Delivery mode - 114 million cubic meters per day, which corresponds to the annual selection of the gas Ukraine 52 billion cubic meters", - has said Miller, RIA " Novosti ". At the end of September, Naftogaz released a report which said that Ukraine in fact lost their critical dependence on gas supplies from Russia. However, a source close to the EU leadership, said that in winter Ukraine will need to purchase gas from Russia, because technically all the needs of the country in blue fuel does not have the ability to be covered by the supply of the reverse from EU countries. On September 28, the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that Ukraine plans this winter to buy from Gazprom only 2 billion cubic meters of gas, the rest ? be purchased in the European Union. According to Ukrtransgaz, the accumulation of natural gas in underground gas storages (UGS) of Ukraine exceeded fifteen, 5 billion cubic meters, from 1 to 26 September, they were downloaded more than 1 billion cubic meters of fuel. According to head of Gazprom Alexey Miller that to a "very cold winter" Ukraine may need to buy 5 to 7 billion cubic meters of gas.