AFP: Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal
War-torn Ukraine on Saturday distanced itself from an EU-brokered agreement with Russia that would have restored its gas supplies during winter and helped rebuild trust between the neighbouring foes.
The European Union's energy commissioner emerged from hours of acrimonious negotiations in Berlin on Friday to pronounce the three-month dispute on the verge of being resolved.
"We have developed a workable design for a winter package," Guenther Oettinger said.