The European Commission said an agreement had been reached to send a monitoring mission to oversee gas deliveries, but Moscow said Ukraine had not signed yet.

The European Commission said Russia and Ukraine had reached an agreement to send a monitoring mission to oversee gas deliveries.

The European Union said that gas supplies to the Continent should resume shortly, after a deal was struck late Thursday with Ukraine and Russia.

The European Union said that gas supplies to the Continent should resume shortly, after a deal was struck late Thursday with Ukraine and Russia.

The European Union said that gas supplies to the Continent should resume shortly, after a deal was struck late Thursday with Ukraine and Russia.

The European Union said late Thursday that gas supplies to the continent should start flowing shortly, after a deal was struck late Thursday with Ukraine and Russia.

Ukraine balked at last-minute demands from the Russian gas monopoly, frustrating a deal that would have resolved a dispute that has shut off natural gas supplies to Europe.

Europe’s gas crisis appeared to be moving toward a solution, after Gazprom said it would resume shipments when monitors could verify the gas was being shipped to the West.

A meeting between the top Gazprom executive and his Ukrainian counterpart to resolve a conflict that has halted Russian gas exports through Ukraine ended without agreement.

As the pricing dispute escalated on Wednesday, the cutoff showed the first signs of hitting the European economy.