Ukraine has a stronger hand to play at talks with Russia on gas supplies thanks to the fall in oil prices, which has dragged down gas prices, and after showing it can live on less.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
Reuters: Plunging oil strengthens Ukraine’s hand in Russia gas talks
Welders repare a pipe outside a flat which was destroyed on the eve by shellings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, controlled by pro-russian rebels, on Dec. 8, 2014.
