KYIV, Dec 31 – Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTSOU) LLC does not plan to use components produced in the Russian Federation in the large-scale upgrade of the gas transmission system within the next five years, said Head of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) Serhiy Makogon.

"Unfortunately, a significant number of gas pumping units at GTS facilities were produced in the Russian Federation in the 70s and 80s, but as part of a large-scale reconstruction of the GTS in the next five years, we plan to completely abandon products from Russia. Our GTS should not depend on equipment from Russia," he wrote on his Facebook page, commenting on the new contract with the state-owned enterprise Zorya-Mashproekt.