In April, oil supplies to Ukrainian oil refineries decreased by 22.7% compared to March – to 1,495.1 thousand tons, reports "Ukrainian News" citing a source in the Ministry of Fuel and Energy.\n\nSupplies of Ukrainian oil in April decreased by 8.3% compared to March – to 209.7 thousand tons. Supplies of Russian oil to Ukraine in April also decreased by 24.6% compared to March – to 1,285.4 thousand tons; all Ukrainian refineries received oil from Russia. Kazakh oil did not arrive in Ukraine in April.\n\nCompared to April 2004, oil supplies to refineries in April 2005 decreased by 17.7%. In January-April, oil supplies to Ukrainian oil refineries decreased by 21.8% compared to the same period of 2004 – to 6,490.6 thousand tons.\n\nIn April, Ukrainian enterprises reduced oil refining by 23.5% compared to March – to 1,482.2 thousand tons.\n\nRecall that in March, oil supplies to refineries increased by 19.3% compared to February – to 1,934.1 thousand tons.\n\nIn 2004, oil supplies to Ukrainian oil refineries decreased by 2.5% compared to 2003 – to 23,996.7 thousand tons.\n