Ukraine has accumulated in its own underground storage (UGS) 16, 7 billion cubic meters of gas, said Tuesday the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

" as of today, there are 16, 7 billion cubic meters ", - he said during a meeting of the Cabinet.

The head of " Naftogaz " Andrey Kobelev said that pumped Storage is gas, which Ukraine receives the reverse and produces on its own.

As reported by the Association of European operators of the underground gas storages (GSE), on September 18 in the storage facilities of Ukraine was 16, 37 billion cubic meters of gas. Stores were filled by 51%.

Ukraine currently receives gas only in reverse from Europe. Deliveries from Russia stopped for some time from June 16 because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev.

according to the Russian side, for normal autumn-winter period and ensure stable transit Ukraine ought to have in their own UGS approximately 18, 5 billion cubic meters of gas.

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