KIEV, March 22 - Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 46.6%, or 7.954 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 March 19, 2016 gas reserves in the underground has storage facilities amounted to 9.111 billion cubic meters, which is 16.8% more than on March 19, 2015 (7.798 billion cubic meters).