We have sufficient gas reserves in underground storages until the end of the heating season even if low temperatures last, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion said in a TV commentary.
Ukrainian government plans to collect about $1.3 billion in preparation for the heating season, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk told officials at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
Constant hostilities and violations of the Minsk ceasefire agreements have resulted in repeated damage to the water pipe system in eastern Ukraine, putting tens of thousands of civilians living on both sides of the contact line without access to water supply.
Ukraine is to accumulate 16-18 billion cubic meters (bcm) in its underground storage facilities by winter which should be enough to ensure a comfortable heating season, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry Volodymyr Demchyshyn has said.