The proposal to proceed based on former prices that were beneficial for Ukraine is ridiculous... The [market price] level now exceeds $250 per 1,000 cubic meters.

This is a ridiculous proposal,

Ukraine has reportedly started tapping Russian gas intended for European consumers.

For the first five days of this week, Ukraine siphoned off nearly 400 million cubic meters of gas. This is a very large volume, which is comparable to our supplies for Germany for three days.

Ukraine is taking the gas from our European partners. We decided to compensate the stolen gas for our partners.

We don't plan to put up with the fact that gas destined for European customers is being used in Ukraine. We understand it's cold, but Ukraine isn't the only place where it's cold. No one gave Ukraine the right to take more gas than contracted.