Ukraine ready to join trilateral gas talks in Brussels

A high-mountain gas compressor station is seen near the village of Volovets, western Ukraine, October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine is ready to join trilateral talks to discuss gas issues with Russia on Dec. 9 in Brussels, Ukraine state energy company Naftogaz said on its Twitter account on Monday (https://twitter.com/naftogazukraine).

The former Soviet republic has not bought gas directly from Russia since November 2015, following a breakdown in relations after Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for pro-Russian separatism in Ukraine's war-torn east.