KYIV, April 19 – Ukraine in April is gradually boosting imports of natural gas. In particular, on April 19, the application for supply of gas via Slovakia was increased 1.6-fold, according to information from the Eustream gas transport operator.

The daily application for April 19 is 9.4 million cubic meters (mcm) compared with 5.8 mcm for April 14 through April 18, 4.5 mcm for April 12 and April 13, 2.4 mcm for April 7 through April 11, 1.3 mcm for April 5 and April 6 and 1.2 mcm for April 1 through April 4.