KIEV, Nov. 28 – Ukraine's gas stockpile in underground storage facilities was down to 17.6 billion cubic meters as of late November, Vadym Chuprun, deputy head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny said in Kiev on Thursday.

"Now we have 17.6 billion cubic meters. We continue adding more [gas] each day," he said.

As of November 1, gas stocks in underground storage facilities stood at 18 billion cubic meters, including 17.1 billion cubic meters of gas in Ukrtransgaz's facilities and 900 million cubic meters of Chornomornaftogaz's gas.