KYIV, June 6 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Andriy Kobolev called on the Cabinet of Ministers to postpone the payment of dividends by the company and help to attract loans for pumping gas into the underground gas storage (UGS) facilities of Ukraine for successfully passing the new heating season by the country.

Kobolev said on his Facebook page that Russia's Gazprom is currently preparing for the winter and the "new gas war," and an increase in the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine by 8% in January-May 2019 is evidence of this.