KIEV, Feb. 26 - Ukraine has been safely and steadily shipping Russian natural gas to markets in Europe despite political upheaval and the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych, the state-owned gas shipper said Wednesday.

UkrTransGaz, which controls the gas pipelines, said 12.2 billion cubic meters of Russian gas has been shipped between January 1 and February 24, or in line with original requests from Gazprom of Russia.