KIEV, March 28 - Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 48.9%, or 8.342 billion cubic meters.

According to Ukrtransgaz, as of October 29, 2015 some 17.064 billion cubic meters of gas were stored in the UGS, while on March 26, 2016 gas reserves in the underground has storage facilities amounted to 8.722 billion cubic meters, which is 13.1% more than on March 26, 2015 (7.714 billion cubic meters).