KYIV, Aug 28 – Natural gas stocks in underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in Ukraine increased to 14 billion cubic meters as of the end of August, NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov has said.

"We have actually reached the figure of 14 billion cubic meters. The target of 14.7 billion cubic meters (by the beginning of the heating season) will be met and even exceeded," he said during the United News marathon on Monday.