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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

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07:46 16.6.2014
Another gas-related update from RFE/RL's news desk:
Russia said it has restricted gas supplies to Ukraine after a payment deadline passed today but that supplies to Europe should not be affected.

Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said that since Ukraine had paid nothing toward its overdue gas bill by an 9 a.m. (Kyiv time) deadline, Moscow had no legal imperative to supply gas to Kyiv.

Kupriyanov said Ukraine now has an obligation to ensure that gas intended for European customers flows unimpeded.

Gazprom also said it has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in a Stockholm arbitration court to recover $4.5 billion in debt.

EU-brokered talks in Kyiv yesterday failed to reach an agreement on almost $2 billion in gas debt.

The European Commission said in a statement today that, during the talks in Kyiv, Ukraine was ready to accept a compromise of paying $1 billion now and more later, but Russia was not.

EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said he was aiming to arrange further talks later this month and urged Moscow to reconsider a compromise offer, perhaps with small adjustments.
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RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has issued this video of an event held in Dnipropetrovsk yesterday to mourn the deaths of the soldiers killed when their plane was shot down near Luhansk (natural sound):
Dnipropetrovsk Mourns Paratroopers Killed In Luhansk
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