"The commission was informed by Gazprom about a problem of payments for gas delivered to Ukraine and a possibility to reduce gas deliveries to Ukraine if no satisfactory solution was found. "The commission urges to find a speedy settlement for this issue." Debt redemption Supplies to some EU countries fell by as much as 20 per cent for a few days in January 2006 after Gazprom and Ukraine failed to agree on the price of Russian gas imports. Ukraine has failed to pay debts for deliveries on a number of occasions over the past decade, but Tuesday's statement was the first mention of any new debt in recent months.