Reuters: Ukraine Says Russia Continues to Violate Winter Gas Agreement

Russia rebuffed Ukrainian accusations it was holding back on gas deliveries and warned that Kiev's credit would run out this week as the two sides sat down on Monday for EU-mediated energy talks in Brussels.

A "winter package" of Russian gas for Ukraine, brokered and part-financed by the European Union runs out at the end of the month and EU officials are now trying to help Kiev arrange summer supplies from Moscow with the two sides locked in conflict over the pro-Russian revolt in eastern Ukraine.

In the latest round of mutual allegations of breaching the current deal, Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz said Russia's Gazprom had not delivered what had been paid for. Kiev has complained that some of its gas went to rebel-held areas.

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