WARSAW, Feb. 16 ??“ Ukraine would need three months to reverse operation of Odessa-Brody oil pipeline in order to start moving Caspian Sea crude to markets in Europe, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Thursday.

The time will be required to break a contract with Russian oil major TNK-BP that currently uses the pipeline to move Russian crude from Brody to Odessa. The time is also needed to divert Russian oil supplies via another route.