KYIV, Aug 3 – As of August 2, natural gas stocks in underground storage facilities (UGS) in Ukraine grew to 12.4 billion cubic meters, Board Chairman of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Oleksiy Chernyshov said at a meeting of the working group to monitor the implementation of the law "On the natural gas market" on Thursday.

According to him, by September 1, 2023, gas stocks should increase to 13.8 billion cubic meters.

Injection of gas into storage facilities during July totaled 1.358 billion cubic meters versus 1.065 billion cubic meters in July 2022.