Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (pictured) at the press conference in Kiev claims that Ukraine had resolved its gas dispute with Moscow but russian gas giant Gazprom denies Kiev gas debt paid. On Tuesday, December 23 Viktor Yushchenko said Ukraine had used its foreign currency reserves to pay off some of the debt it owes for Russian gas. He said the remainder had been restructured. `A total of $US 800 million was paid from the reserve funds [of Ukraine`s National Bank] and more than $US 200 million was transferred from Naftogaz profits, and a part of the debt was restructured for January-February,` Yushchenko said.`So the issue has been resolved for today,` he said. But Gazprom has disputed the claims. `Such statements surprise us very much,` Gazprom official representative Kupriyanov said.