Ukraine is ready to terminate the flow of gas transit from Russia, because in the underground gas storages of the country, a record number of gas, said energy Minister Alexei Orgel in the program "Svoboda words" on ICTV. "We are prepared for the situation, for example, to stop transporting through Ukraine. Why ready, because currently we have in Ukrainian underground storage facilities are a record number of gas, which is pumped to pass through the heating season, " He said. According to the Minister, the volumes of gas accumulated is such that Ukraine could go cold season " without any conveyance or supply of gas." He added that Kyiv considers it possible to prioritize the signing of a new agreement on gas transit. before Russia agreed to take measures to conclude a new transit contract in the European context, if Kiev will take proper the law. However past the other day tripartite meeting was not a success. Brussels and Kiev have heard the position of Russia in the batch solution to the transit issue, together with litigation and the supply of gas to Ukraine, But was not ready to answer. While the EC has proposed a " plan B ": during a new long-term agreements, which insists Ukraine, and for which the country must find time to introduce legislation of the EU, ahead of time to prepare a short-term capacity allocation for transit from the first of January to the first of June. The existing contracts of Russia and Ukraine on the transit and supply of gas be completed by the end of 2019. <span style="color:darkgray