Yatseniuk: Ukraine need to buy 5 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia
In the early winter of Ukraine need to buy from the Russian side About 5 billion cubic meters of gas, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. " Can currently Ukraine to live without gas from Russia? Can't. How many of us still have to buy gas from Russia? About 5 billion cubic meters. Will we be able to save? Will "the Prime Minister said, RIA " Novosti ". Yatseniuk also said that " in recent years, Ukraine has reduced natural gas consumption by 30% ", " I accept that part of that natural gas consumption is reduced in connection with military actions, " he said, adding, pointing to the intelligence information that decreased consumption of natural gas by usual residents. Yatsenyuk also nourishes the hope that the dialogues on natural gas from Russia in September will be released at the final stage. He said that in September the planned tripartite dialogue Ukraine-Russia-EU gas problems. Remember, June 16 from 10. 00 GMT Gazprom has entered the mode of payment for the supply and stop supplying gas to Ukraine. The pipeline is only intended for transit to the European Union blue fuel in the amount of 185 million cubic meters per day. Deputy head of Naftogaz Alexander Todiychuk said gas reserves in underground storage of Ukraine May run out of the country until November, When most of the economy - until the end of the year. For its part, the Ministry of regional development of Ukraine stated that the heat supply enterprises of Ukraine are obliged to reduce gas consumption by 10% until the end of 2014. This Yatsenyuk said that the Ukrainian energy market has developed a supercritical situation. We emphasize that due to the lack of funds Kiev authorities very quickly reduced purchases of gas and hot water was turned off in 3 thousand Homes. Citizens have begun to install in homes with natural gas boilers of heating. And at the end of July in Kyiv city administration has already warned that residents of the Ukrainian capital should prepare for the " very difficult " winter.