KIEV, February 28 (Itar-Tass) —— The consolidated gas debts of Ukrainian consumers stood at 25.3 billion hryvni ($3.16 billion) as of February 10, 2012, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday, quoting Neftegaz Ukrainy.
The debts grew by almost 12% since late January. They grew most in the Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Lugansk and Kharkov regions and Kiev. Housing and public utility operators owe 14.2 billion hryvni ($1.77 billion) for gas.