KYIV, Dec 15 – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the country needs 2 billion cubic meters of gas and electricity worth EUR 800 million.

"In particular, we need support to purchase the amount of gas used to compensate for the damage from Russian strikes on other types of generation. It's about 2 billion cubic meters of gas," he said, speaking on Thursday at a meeting of the Council of the European Union via video link.