Ukraine needs 5 billion cubic meters of gas, which can be purchased from the Russian Federation, but in Kiev there and back options to increase the reverse supplies from the EU, said on Wednesday the head of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

" We still need 5 billion cubic meters of gas, which we can buy from Russia. Additional volumes we can also get the reverse, " said Yatsenyuk.

" With regard to additional volumes of gas, such Additional volumes of gas we can get through the increase of the reverse, through the increase of reverse supply at the present time we are working with our European partners on the technical ability to zoom, which is. For this reason, we have backup options, and the additional gas volumes from the EU, " he added.

Discussing Russia, Ukraine and the EU " winter plan ", designed for the period until the end of March, provided That Kiev this year will repay 3, $ 1 billion debt for gas from Russia, and Gazprom will supply Ukraine 5 billion cubic meters of gas prepayment at a price of 385 dollars per thousand cubic meters. But Kiev has made a number of claims for this interim plan. According to Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak, Ukraine has declared its readiness to buy from Russia prepaid only 4 billion cubic meters of gas instead of the proposed 5 billion.

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