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On Monday (29 June), a meeting will take place in Brussels between the European Commission, Ukrainian and Russian officials and representatives of the World Bank, the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - to discuss the possibility of helping Ukraine buy Russian gas.Ukraine's Naftogaz has said it will need ?4.2 billion to fill the gas storages for the winter and avoid a repetition of last winter's gas crisis.

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