KYIV, March 12 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that according to a forecast, the country could cut consumption of natural gas to 13 billion cubic meters (bcm) by 2022 from 18 bcm consumed in 2017.

"This is how much gas Ukraine consumed (households, heat supply companies and budget-sustained institutions): 24 bcm in 2014 and 18 bcm in 2017. In three years we cut gas consumption by 6 bcm. The forecast for 2022 is 13 bcm. Ukraine could decrease consumption by another 5 bcm," Groysman wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday, March 11.

He also gave information about the introduction of renewable energy facilities in Ukraine.