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MOSCOW - Gazprom has received another $30 million from Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy as prepayment for gas, and at the current gas off- take rate, gas supplies will last until May 28, inclusive.

“Gazprom’s operating account has received another $30 million from Naftogaz Ukrainy today as a prepayment for May supplies of Russian gas,” Gazprom told reporters.

Naftogaz has increased imports of Russian gas to 30 million cubic meters per day since mid-May, data from Ukrtransgaz gas transport ation operator show. The data do not include shipments of Russian gas to Donbas. Gazprom discloses such shipments once a quarter.