The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) issued a protocol instruction to return Cherkasygaz to state ownership, council's Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said.

"We considered the issue of returning the Cherkasygaz enterprise to state ownership, there was a report from the Energy Minister on this matter, and a protocol instruction was adopted regarding the return of this enterprise to state ownership, which the government was illegally deprived of through fraudulent manipulations," Danilov said during a briefing on the results of the NSDC meeting on Friday.