TODAY: Gas row dominates the press as Gazprom cuts off all supplies to Ukraine.

Gazprom has confirmed that it shut off of all gas deliveries through Ukrainian territory – about 80% of all Russian gas – early this morning, sparking outrage from the EU who called the situation ‘completely unacceptable’.  Gazprom is blaming Naftogaz for forcing it to retaliate against the ‘undisguised theft‘ of Russian supplies, which, it says, is a result of Ukraine shutting down all of its pipelines carrying gas intended for Europe.  The reductions have led to immediate shortages as far as France and Austria, and the UK’s Independent newspaper has a detailed map of the major EU pipelines to explain why.  Naftogaz says that negotiations with Gazprom will begin again tomorrow.