KIEV, May 12 - Crude oil supplies to Ukrainian refineries in April fell by 26.43% year-over-year, to 974,200 tons, a source in the Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.

The ministry said that Ukrainian-extracted crude supplies fell by 7%, to 292,900 tons, while Russian crude supplies went down by 36.2%, to 643,700 tons. In January to April 2008, crude supplies to Ukrainian oil refineries fell by 35%, to 3.157 million tons, including a 4.7% decline in Ukrainian-extracted crude supplies, to 1.21 million tons, and a 50.9% decline in Russian crude supplies, to 1.762 million tons.