KYIV, Oct 5 – Ukraine has no plans to start importing natural gas from Russia even as European gas prices have skyrocketed in recent weeks, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

"Such negotiations are not planned," he said in an interview to the lb.ua portal released on Tuesday.

Shmyhal said that over 18.5 billion cubic meters of gas have already been accumulated in the underground storage facilities (UGS) of Ukraine [already 18.7 billion cubic meters], the country also has its own gas production, which will allow the coming heating season to pass.