Ukraine's need for natural gas imports in 2016 is 11-13 billion cubic meters (bcm), it could be covered by reverse deliveries from Europe, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn has said after a cabinet meeting.

"We have a sufficient capacity to pump this volume," he added.

According to Demchyshyn, currently Ukraine receives 40 million cubic meters of gas per day through reverse, another 90 million cubic meters are taken from underground gas storage facilities.