Ukraine lacks natural gas, supplied to the reverse of Europe, said the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Gazprom 16 June translated into prepayment Ukraine because of debts, since the Russian company fills the gas pipe only on the volume of transit to the EU. Currently, the debt amounts to 5, 3 billion dollars.

" Currently supplying gas to reverse, it is not enough, " said Yatsenyuk at the meeting on the problems of diversification of sales markets and sources of supply of industrial products.

" To get to the source - will supply gas not Find the source - will be in difficult conditions to survive, " he added. First Vice-Premier, the Minister of regional development, construction and housing and communal services of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated that his country for stable autumn-winter period it is necessary to buy another 6-7 billion cubic meters of gas, she hopes to acquire these volumes from Russia.

Ukraine in June imported 2 billion cubic meters of gas, in 2, 2 times more compared to the same month last year, reported " Ukrtransgaz ". This figure takes into account not only the delivery of " Gazprom " in the address of " Naftogaz ", which was carried out by 16 June, and reverse supply from Europe. From the issued Naftogaz, the volume of reverse - 16 million cubic meters per day, for June delivery could be about 0, 5 billion cubic meters.

Ukraine is going to open in the fall of the so-called " small reverse " gas via Slovakia predusmatrivaet the possibility of physical delivery to 22 million cubic meters of gas per day (about 8 billion cubic meters per year). The head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Yurii Prodan at the end of may, said that " small reverse " is expected to start on 1 September and later that from 1 October. Then Ukraine expects to launch the " big reverse " gas via Slovakia up to 30 billion cubic meters per year.

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