Ukraine gas stocks down 3pc since start of heating season

KIEV: Ukraine's gas reserves have fallen by around 3 percent to 16.6 billion cubic metres (bcm) since the beginning of the heating season in mid-October, data from state gas transport monopoly Ukrtransgas showed on Monday.

Ukraine had accumulated about 17 bcm of gas in underground storage as of the end of October, around 1.0 bcm more than a year earlier.

Ukraine has said it has enough gas to safeguard supply in winter and ensure stable transit of Russian gas to Europe.

The European Union receives about 40 percent of its Russian gas imports via Ukraine.