KIEV (Sputnik) – Ukraine is unlikely to sign the trilateral gas winter package on Wednesday between Russia and the European Commission, Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said.
"I think it’s highly unlikely that this will happen today," Demchyshyn told journalists.
Russia, Ukraine, and the European Commission on September 25 initialed a legally binding protocol in Brussels on the so-called winter package for gas deliveries from October 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016.
Ukraine ceased buying natural gas from Russia in July, citing its dissatisfaction with the discounted price proposed by Moscow.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government decision to charge Ukraine $227.35 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas in the upcoming three months instead of $252.
