"Naftogaz of Ukraine" has made the initiative to apply their gas transport capacity on the Western border of the country to import gas from the EU to the interested companies. "in order to ensure a stable inflow of natural gas to Ukraine and increased competition in the domestic market of gas, "Naftogaz of Ukraine" invites interested organizations to the use of available gas transmission capacities booked by Naftogaz in paragraph Budina on the Ukrainian-Slovak border ", - is informed in the report. Naftogaz is ready to offer providers a flexible mechanism of interaction depending on the volumes and period of supply of gas, reports the news Agency. According to optimistic data from the Ministry, " for comfort during the heating season the country must accumulate More than 7 million tons of coal and About 20 billion cubic meters of gas "." At the moment of time of accumulation of coal in the warehouses of Ukrainian thermal power plants is 2 million tonnes (28%), underground storage of gas is About 16 billion cubic meters of fuel (80%) ", - told in the Ministry. However, these forecasts are based on the abnormally warm winter 2014-2015, for an average season, the country needs More than 28 billion cubic meters of blue fuel. Thus, according to Naftogaz, in early October, in the vault under the earth, was injected fifteen, 8 billion cubic meters. That is, at the start of the heating season, which traditionally falls on the fifteen of October, Ukraine will be able to accumulate in UGS to 16, 5 billion cubic meters of gas (59%) ". Review of the co-chair of the energy strategies Foundation Dmytro Marunych, " in principle, existing savings sufficient to start topstone, provided, however, that we will continue to buy gas "." where winters are relatively mild, With October to April, Ukraine consumes About 28 billion cubic meters (for heating and for the needs of the production). About 10 billion cubic meters of our country derives from its own production, and even eleven, 5 billion cubic meters can be applied from UGS, because of the 5 billion cubic meters of buffer gas that can be withdrawn from storage. So, for winter we miss About 6, 5 billion cubic meters of gas, " he estimated. On the first day of the week Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine were resumed after a three-month break, despite the Fact that at the end of September, Naftogaz released a report which said that Ukraine in fact lost their critical dependence on gas supplies from Russia. However, a source close to the EU leadership, said that in winter Ukraine will need to purchase gas from Russia, because technically all the needs of the country in blue fuel does not have the ability to be covered by the supply of the reverse from EU countries. On September 28, the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that Ukraine plans this winter to buy from Gazprom only 2 billion cubic meters of gas, the rest √ be purchased in the European Union. According to Ukrtransgaz, the accumulation of natural gas in underground gas storages (UGS) of Ukraine exceeded fifteen, 5 billion cubic meters, From 1 to 26 September they had injected at least 1 billion cubic meters of fuel. According to head of Gazprom Alexey Miller that to a "very cold winter" Ukraine may need to buy 5 to 7 billion cubic meters of gas.