REUTERS
Transit shipments of natural gas via Ukraine in October alone grew by 5%.
Transit supplies of natural gas via Ukraine's gas transportation system in January-October 2019 grew by 1.7% year-over-year, to 73.289 billion cubic meters (bcm).
Transit shipments of natural gas from the Russian Federation through Ukraine in October 2019 alone totaled 6.97 bcm, which was 5.2% up on October last year, state-run Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the country's gas transportation system, has reported.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, transit supplies of natural gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system in 2018 decreased by 7.1% compared to 2017, to 86.774 bcm.
In 2017, Ukraine handled record transit volumes of natural gas (93 bcm) to the European Union.