KIEV, March 9 - Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 43.3%, or 7.391 billion cubic meters.

According to Ukrtransgaz, as of October 29, 2015 some 17.064 billion cubic meters of gas was stored in the UGS, while on March 7, 2016 gas reserves in the underground storage facilities amounted to 9.673 billion cubic meters, which is 21.2% more than on March 7, 2015 (7.979 billion cubic meters).