Shortage of Gas for Heating Season in Ukraine Is 5 Billion Cubic Meters

This was announced today at a press briefing of Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Energy Crisis Staff Volodymyr Hroisman, Censor.NET reports referring to Ukrainian News.

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"The issue with the gas remains rather serious since as of today we have an estimates for September-April deficit of about five billion (cubic meters)," he said.

According to him, Ukraine needs about 28 billion cubic meters of natural gas for the heating season.