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| EU gas monitors deploy in Ukraine | EU gas monitors deploy in Ukraine |
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| EU observers are on their way to natural gas pumping stations around Ukraine to monitor the flow of Russian gas through the country. | EU observers are on their way to natural gas pumping stations around Ukraine to monitor the flow of Russian gas through the country. |
| Ukrainian officials signed a deal on the monitoring mission yesterday, paving the way for Russia to restart the flow of gas across Europe. | |
| The region's worst energy crisis in years has left homes across central and southern Europe with no heating. | The region's worst energy crisis in years has left homes across central and southern Europe with no heating. |
| The move follows days of EU-led shuttle diplomacy between Kiev and Moscow. | The move follows days of EU-led shuttle diplomacy between Kiev and Moscow. |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said supplies to the EU could resume "immediately" after monitors begin working, although he warned Ukraine that Moscow "[would] not tolerate theft" of its gas, a charge Kiev has repeatedly denied. | Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said supplies to the EU could resume "immediately" after monitors begin working, although he warned Ukraine that Moscow "[would] not tolerate theft" of its gas, a charge Kiev has repeatedly denied. |
| But even when the gas starts to flow, it will take at least 36 hours to reach freezing consumers, in countries like Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia, where hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without heating. | But even when the gas starts to flow, it will take at least 36 hours to reach freezing consumers, in countries like Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia, where hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without heating. |
| We will try to continue negotiations with Russia through all possible channels [on a new gas contract] Yulia TymoshenkoUkrainian Prime Minister | We will try to continue negotiations with Russia through all possible channels [on a new gas contract] Yulia TymoshenkoUkrainian Prime Minister |
| The observers will be monitoring the amount of gas flowing into Ukraine from Russia to the east, and matching it with the amount going out again to other European countries to the west. | The observers will be monitoring the amount of gas flowing into Ukraine from Russia to the east, and matching it with the amount going out again to other European countries to the west. |
| That should provide an answer to the hotly-contested question of whether or not Ukraine is stealing gas destined for European consumers, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Kiev. | That should provide an answer to the hotly-contested question of whether or not Ukraine is stealing gas destined for European consumers, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Kiev. |
| But the underlying conflict that provoked this crisis in the first place - the price Ukraine should pay Russia for its gas in the coming year, and how much Russia should pay Ukraine in return for transporting gas to Europe - remains unresolved. | But the underlying conflict that provoked this crisis in the first place - the price Ukraine should pay Russia for its gas in the coming year, and how much Russia should pay Ukraine in return for transporting gas to Europe - remains unresolved. |
| Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has vowed to "try to continue negotiations with Russia through all possible channels" on a new gas contract. | Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has vowed to "try to continue negotiations with Russia through all possible channels" on a new gas contract. |