Ukraine, a key transit nation for Russian natural gas supplies to European households and power plants, started the six-month winter heating season that began Oct. 1 with the lowest inventories since at least 2014 after halting purchases of the fuel from Russia 11 months ago amid a price dispute.
Bloomberg: Ukraine starts winter with half-empty natural gas stores
A compressor station of Ukraine's Naftogaz national oil and gas company near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Aug. 5, (AFP)
