Andriy Kobolev, chief executive of Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz, talks to journalists as he leaves after talks with members of the Russian delegation and European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, in Kiev June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
BRUSSELS/KIEV (Reuters) - 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.
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