KIEV, Oct. 6 - Ukraine increased natural gas reserves in its underground gas storage facilities by 0.6%, or by about 101.7 million cubic meters, over the past seven days, data released by Gas Storage Europe show.

The country accumulated 16.7 billion cu m of natural gas in its storage facilities as of October 4, or about 52.3% of their total capacity, according to the GSE, a non-profit Brussels-based organization that provides energy statistics to the EU.