EC spokesman: resumption of gas deliveries to EU would take three days

In related news, the spokesman for the European Commission warned on Friday that the earliest that deliveries of Russian gas could resume to EU countries would be three days. According to the spokesman, it would take 30 hours for initial supplies to reach Ukraine, once Russia switches on the gas and an additional 36 hours for supplies to reach EU countries. On Friday the commission said that there was hope that Russia would resume supplies very shortly. An exact date remains unknown, although some have reported that Russia could start shipments at the weekend.