KIEV, Jan. 30 - Ukraine has depleted 31.3%, or 4.616 billion cubic meters (bcm) of the natural gas it has in underground storage facilities, bring the storage level to 10.116 bcm, from October 13, 2016, when the current heating season began, through January 28, 2017.

Ukraine withdrew 60.88 million cubic meters (mcm) from underground storage on January 28 and a total of 1.87 bcm on January 1 through January 1284 (66.8 mcm/day on average), Ukrtransgaz, which operates the country's pipelines and storage facilities, said in a statement.