Reuters: Putin Warns Gas Supplies to Ukraine, Europe Could Be Disrupted

President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Russia would halt gas supplies to Ukraine if it did not receive advance payment, raising the possibility of onward deliveries to Europe being disrupted for the fourth time in a decade.

Criticising Ukraine for cutting off gas to eastern regions where separatists have risen up against Kiev's rule, he said: "Imagine these people will be left without gas in winter. Not only that there is famine ... It smells of genocide."

Putin said he hoped there would be no Russian supply cuts but warned that Europe was dependent on Ukraine's "financial discipline".

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