KYIV, Sept 7 - Transit shipments of crude oil by pipelines through the territory of Ukraine to European countries in January-August 2018 decreased by 4.5%, or 409,500 tons, compared to the same period in 2017, to 8.692 million tons, PJSC Ukrtransnafta has said.

The volume of oil pumping to the country's oil refineries in January-August 2018 increased by 5.5%, 71,900 tons, 1.386 million tons, according to estimates of Interfax-Ukraine.