REUTERS
Ukrtransgaz, the state-owned operator of Ukraine’s gas transmission system, said that on Wednesday, July 19, it has been 600 days since Ukraine has halted gas imports from the Russian Federation.
"It has been 600 days today since Ukraine has last imported gas from Russia," the report says.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in late November 2015, Ukraine refused to purchase natural gas from Gazprom.
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