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S&P Global Ratings has lowered Ukraine’s credit rating to ‘selective default’ after Kiev missed an international bond payment earlier this week as it seeks a major debt restructuring. 

US-based credit rating agency Fitch has warned of an imminent default in Ukraine, announcing in a statement on Wednesday that it had further downgraded Kiev’s credit rating. 

Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 42.4 mln cubic meters per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station in Russia’s Kursk Region, a Gazprom representative told reporters, adding that the request for pumping via the Sokhranovka gas pumping station has been rejected by the Ukrainian side.

Ukraine has reached an agreement in principle with a group of foreign investors to restructure its $20 billion debt, as Kiev tries to retain access to international markets, the government has announced.