BLAGOVESCHENSK, Sept. 1 – Ukraine won't pump enough gas to get through the winter into underground storage facilities unless it receives gas from Russia, but Russia will not be resuming supplies in the days to come, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, told reporters during a visit to the Amur region.
"As of today, Ukraine does not have the financial resources for gas supplies to resume. We are in direct contact with the management of Naftogaz Ukrainy, there are financial problems, so unfortunately there's no reason to talk about gas supplies to Ukraine [from Russia] resuming in the next few days," Miller said, when asked whether the supplies might begin before the end of the third quarter.
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