Ukraine boosts gas transit by 6 percent

"Since the beginning of the year, the volumes of gas transportation through the territory of Ukraine from the Russian Federation to the European countries and Moldova have amounted to 29.3 billion cubic meters. Compared to the same indicator in 2018, the transit volumes increased by 1.6 billion cubic meters, or by 6%," the press service of JSC "Ukrtransgas" reports.

Moreover, Ukraine has not imported gas from Russia for its own needs for 1,256 days already (the fourth spring).

"During this period, the gas has been received exclusively from the EU countries," the Ukrtransgas assured.

As reported, in January-April 2019, 800 million cubic meters of gas was pumped into underground gas storage facilities, up over 50% compared to the same period in 2018.

As of April 30, 2019, 9.4 billion cubic meters of gas is stored in the Ukrainian storage facilities, up 19% compared with last year.

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