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KYIV, 2 Mar - RIA Novosti. The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine has limited gas consumption in the country. This was announced by the head of the department Igor Nasalik.

Limitations will be valid for the next five days - on March 6 inclusive.

"Today we are all working in a regular mode, the action plan, which starts from today, provides for the transfer of generating companies from gas to fuel oil, which will allow us to save about 15-20 million gas per day," said Nasalik, speaking in Rade.

He added that the educational institutions are recommended to stop work for these days, and industrial enterprises - to revise the production plan taking into account the fuel economy.

The day before, Gazprom said that it had returned Naftogaz money to pay for gas supplies in March because of the lack of an additional agreement to the contract. Thus, the Russian company will not supply gas to Ukraine this month.

According to the head of "Naftogaz" Andrei Kobolev, in the coming days severe frosts are expected in Ukraine, so there will be a gas deficit of 18-20 million cubic meters per day. Naftogaz planned to purchase these volumes from Gazprom. Now the Ukrainian company will try to cover the shortage at the expense of imports from the European market, but ten million cubic meters per day will still be missed.

Kobolev already urged Ukrainians to save gas: those who heat their premises, it is recommended to reduce the temperature by one degree in the afternoon and two at night. According to the head of Naftogaz, this will reduce the need for gas by eight to nine percent and hold out until strong colds pass.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman instructed Kobolev to settle the issue of gas shortage as soon as possible.

Link: https://ria.ru/economy/20180302/1515620340.html