Oleksiy Chernyshov, the 

head of the board of JSC

Naftogaz -Ukraine, appealed to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide Ukraine with additional volumes of gas to get through the winter.

He announced this on his Facebook page.

"Continuing cooperation with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in a new role - held a meeting with Erin McKee, head of USAID - US Agency for International Development in Europe and Asia. The key is the additional volume of gas needed to get through this heating season," - the message says.

It was also about operational assistance in the form of materials and equipment, in particular, about methanol, gas compressors, diesel generators and equipment for gas extraction. 

Heating season in Ukraine

At the beginning of November, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed the former Minister of Development of Communities and Territories

, Oleksiy Chernyshov, as the Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine.

Previously, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal previously emphasized that

Ukrainians should prepare for a difficult winter

, purchase a number of necessary things.

Although he noted that in Ukraine, despite the shelling, the heating season has begun, and

there is enough gas in storage

to sustainably get through the winter.

On November 17, Russian troops launched a

massive shelling of the gas production infrastructure of JSC "Ukrgazvydobuvannya"

in the east of Ukraine. 

Norway will provide Ukraine

with a grant of almost 200 million euros

for additional gas purchases for the winter.

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