KIEV, Dec. 27 ??“ Russia will supply its crude oil via Ukraine??™s Brody-to-Odessa oil route for at least the next three years, according to an agreement signed by the countries??™ oil shipping monopolies.

The agreement, which was signed Tuesday by UkrTransNafta, Transneft and Russian oil company TNK-BP, calls for supplying at least 9 million metric tons of oil annually via Brody-Odessa for exports via Black Sea.