Ukraine has accumulated in its own storage fifteen, 8 billion cubic meters of gas, stocking up for September 1, 2 billion cubic meters, informs on the first day of the week the operator of the Ukrainian GTS Company " Ukrtransgaz ".

"according to operational information of the Central dispatch Department of the national gas transmission system, as of this morning in the Russian gas storages is stored fifteen, 8 billion cubic meters of fuel," - said in the report.

according to the organization, in September of accumulation of gas storages of Ukraine was supplemented at 1, 2 billion cubic meters, which is 30% more pumping volume in the same period last year. Just this year into storage underground gas was injected 8, 2 billion cubic meters of blue fuel.

Russia, Ukraine and the EC on September 25, initialled a tripartite Protocol on winter package of gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine. According to the agreements reached in Brussels, Ukraine has assumed obyazatelstva to buy from Russia to 2 billion cubic meters of gas.

Funding for these supplies will be provided through a credit of five hundred million dollars raised by Ukraine with the help of the EC. Russia will give Ukraine a discount to the contract price of gas in the amount of about 20 dollars per thousand cubic meters.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk had previously reported that Kiev until the end of the year in total need for gas injection into UGS 1, 3 billion dollars, of which five hundred million dollars already have 300 million Ukraine expects from the EBRD, another five hundred million dollars from the WB.

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