Two foreign importer will fix and resale of gas to Ukraine on Thursday, were not disclosed, said the head of the organization "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Andrey Kobelev in private.

"Tomorrow (Friday - ed) on the Ukrainian gas market begins to work tandem 2 Western gas traders, which for the first time took advantage of our offer on gas imports to Ukraine (not to our border and with customs clearance and subsequent resale to consumers within the country) ", - KOBOLEV wrote on the night of Thursday.

The head of Naftogaz did not specify the names of the companies-traders.

Ukrainian authorities have already started to prepare for the coming heating season, the country needs gas, electricity and coal. Kiev conducts dialogues with other countries on the import of coal and hopes to come to a common understanding with Russian "Gazprom" on restoration of gas supplies.

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