Visse ukrainske samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producenter hævdede, at de i stigende grad tabte markedsandele på hjemmemarkedet til russiske producenter, som på grund af de meget lavere udgifter til gas i Rusland kan tilbyde meget lave priser.
Certain Ukrainian cooperating exporting producers claimed that they were increasingly losing market share on their domestic market to the benefit of Russian producers which can offer very low prices due to the much lower gas costs in Russia.