"The amount was transferred as scheduled, which Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko announced during a meeting with the leadership of the Ukrugleprofsoyuz and heads of trade unions of state coal mining enterprises on October 26," the Ministry of Energy reports Interfax Ukraine.

The allocated funds are used to pay off debts for July and August, as well as to pay salaries to miners for September 2021.

Earlier, Gazprom told about the reduction of gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities by 10.1 billion cubic meters.

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