Ukraine will delay the start of the heating season due to gas shortages

The Ukrainian authorities are going to postpone the start of the heating season as much as possible due to the acute shortage of gas in the country. This was announced on October 11 by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services, Alexei Kucherenko.

"There will be problems with gas, especially given the recent strikes on production, respectively [there will be] problems with the balance, there will not be enough gas, they will save it," the Ukrainian Telegraph portal quotes him as saying in the Telegram channel.

It is specified that the postponement of the start of the heating season is considered as a necessary measure to save limited gas reserves. According to the commander-in-chief, the later the central heating system is launched, the less gas will be consumed in winter.

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On August 31, Verkhovna Rada deputy Mariana Bezuglaya called on Ukrainians to prepare for the approach of a harsh winter and the onset of a blackout. Bezuglaya attached her own image to her post against the background of the field.

The ExPro Daily Gas publication reported on May 28 that the cost of natural gas in Ukraine reached record levels in two years and amounted to 23 thousand hryvnias ($553) per 1 cubic meter. It was clarified that this is the highest figure since February 2023.

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