Simultaneously, Ukraine, on July 23, imported 2.3 million cubic meters of gas from Hungary and 3.6 million cubic meters of gas from Poland.
Overall, gas imports on July 23 were 28 million cubic meters.
Ihor Prokopiv, CEO of Ukraine's state holding Ukrtransgaz, earlier announced the country would boost gas purchases from its European partners by the end of July to 40 million cubic meters per day.
By the start of the heating season, Ukraine plans to accumulate about 14.5 billion cubic meters of gas in its underground storage facilities.
In the first half of June 2016, Ukraine imported about 0.5 million cubic meters of gas per day from Slovakia. On July 15, gas purchases grew considerably.
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