Ukraine rejected the demand and issued a counterproposal under which it would agree to pay 144 euros per 1,000 cubic metres if Russia would accept an increase in the fee for the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukrainian territory from 1.22 euros to 1.44 euros per 1,000 cubic metres per 100km.
Ukrajina je odbacila zahtev i iznela kontrapredlog prema kojem bi pristala da plati 144 evra za 1.000 kubnih metara ako bi Rusija prihvatila povećanje cene tranzita ruskog prirodnog gasa preko teritorije Ukrajine sa 1,22 evra na 1,44 evra za 1.000 kubnih metara na 100 km.