KYIV, Oct 24 – The total sum of overpayments to Gazprom for gas transit sent to Naftogaz Ukrayiny to offset the penalty accrued on the debt of the Russian company in line with the arbitration award on the transit contract issued on February 28, 2018, has reached $18 million, Chief Commercial Officer of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko said.

"By the way, in addition to $2.1 billion, which, in accordance with the arbitration award, we have already withdrawn from Gazprom in the form of gas, we have also already withdrawn from Gazprom $18 million in cash. For two months in a row we collect $9 million in cash from Gazprom," he wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday night.