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A reduction by Ukraine of natural gas imports from Europe is connected with the pumping of gas by Hungary into its underground storage facilities, NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Andriy Kobolev said at a press conference in Kyiv on July 23.

“We hope that this reduction in amounts of reserve supplies is
temporary, it is happening due to the prolongation of certain state
decisions by Hungary on the amounts of gas being pumped into its
underground storage facilities,” he said.

He said this was not critical for Ukraine, as the bulk of imports
from European countries are scheduled to arrive from Slovakia starting
from September. At the same time, gas shipments from Poland to Ukraine
remain at the highest possible level, which is about 4 million cubic
meters of gas per day.

“This is unpleasant, and we’ll be tackling this issue, but this is
not critical, and most gas supplies in reverse mode will come from [a
pipeline in] Slovakia, which is now inoperative and scheduled to be
launched in September,” Kobolev said.