KIEV, Jan. 25 - Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 31.5%, or 5.381 billion cubic meters.

According to data from PJSC Ukrtransgaz, as of October 29, 2015 some 17.064 billion cubic meters of gas were stored in the UGS, while on January 23, 2016 gas reserves in the underground has storage facilities amounted to 11.683 billion cubic meters, which is 19.7% more than on January 23, 2015.