KYIV, Aug 6 – Supplies of diesel fuel from Russia in August would almost halve, Andriy Gerus, the president's representative in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

"The supplies of the Russian fuel in August will be almost halved... What goes through the pipeline will be reduced somewhere from 200,000 tonnes to 100,000 tonnes. In addition, we have information that Russia's LUKOIL wanted to supply 80,000 tonnes to Ukraine, but has not yet received permission from the Russian ministry," he said.