REUTERS
Transit shipments of natural gas through Ukraine's gas transportation system (GTS) grew by 23.5% in January-September 2017 year-over-year, to 70.4 billion cubic meters, according to the press service of the Ukrainian GTS operator, Ukrtransgaz.
This is a record high volume in the past nine years, it said.
Read alsoPreservation of gas transit via Ukraine may restrain Russia's further aggression – Naftogaz CEO
In the eight months of 2017, Ukraine shipped 61.2 billion cubic meters of gas, which was 23% up year-over-year.