There is no "simple and immediate solution" to the Russia-Ukraine gas standoff, a European Commission (EC) spokesman said on Tuesday.

A gas coordination group, which includes representatives from all European Union (EU) member states and the energy industry, will be opened on Wednesday by EC Commissioner on energy Andris Piebalgs to tackle the issue, EC chief spokesman Johannes Laitenberger said.

At the first EC daily briefing on Tuesday, Laitenberger said the meeting would "look into the full picture of the situation."

"This is a complex situation," he said, adding that "nothing is ruled out, and nothing is ruled in."

The spokesman assured the press that "there is no immediate risk of a gas supply crisis" for the EU.

Some EU member states have suffered cuts to their gas supplies from Russia as a result of the intensified quarrel over gas prices between Russia and Ukraine.

Britain's Financial Times newspaper reported that supplies of Russian gas to Italy fell by 25 percent, and France suffered a drop of 30 percent. Many central European countries, which depend heavily on Russian gas, reported an even larger decline.

Russia cut off its gas deliveries to Ukraine on Jan. 1 after Ukraine refused to meet its demand for a fourfold price increase. However, it said it would continue to send full supplies to other European customers that get Russian gas through pipes crossing Ukraine.