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Though Ukraine's winter gas storage is far below what it was last year, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn says there is no need for the country to worry

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Kyiv Post: Ukraine Scrambles to Ensure Warm Winter

Less than two months before the start of the heating period, Ukraine’s storage levels of natural gas and coal are below what they were last year at the same time.

The Cabinet of Ministers has already ordered the health and regional development ministries to consider decreasing the minimum winter temperature in houses with central heating from 18 to 16 Celsius. 

There is 14.5 billion cubic meters of gas in storage as of Sept. 1, according to Gas Storage Europe, a non-profit group representing gas storage system operators based in Brussels. There was 2.1 billion cubic meters more on hand during the same period last year.

However, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn says there are no reasons to worry.

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