Ukraine aims reduce gas imports by at least 1% per year in next five years

Energy efficiency reform will let Ukraine reduce gas imports by at least 1% per year in the next five years, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a National Reforms Council meeting on energy efficiency.

"The head of state stressed that this [energy efficiency] reform will let reduce gas imports by 1-1.5% per annum in the next five years, save on state subsidies by UAH 3-5 billion every year," the presidential press service reported on its website on Tuesday evening.