KIEV, Nov. 12 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny in January-September spent UAH 539.9 million on connecting settlements located in rural areas to the gas supply network.

According to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, the state holding in the first nine months of this year funded the construction of 133 facilities.

Naftogaz in the first nine months of 2012 connected 242,000 Ukrainian households in 127 villages to gas supplies.