The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine does not support raising gas tariffs for the population and heating companies for the new heating season, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said.

"The government does not support any increase in gas prices in the country for the new heating season," the prime minister said during a conference call on the preparation of enterprises of the fuel and energy complex, housing and utilities services, social facilities and infrastructure for the 2017/2018 autumn-winter period and ensuring its stable passage in Mykolaiv.

The premier stressed there are no objective grounds for raising prices.