Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine shipped 12 percent less natural gas to Europe from Russia in January compared with the same month a year earlier because of warm weather, according to the state-run pipeline operator.

Transit flows declined to 8.82 billion cubic meters from 10.05 billion cubic meters in January 2011, DP Ukrtransgaz, based in the capital Kiev, said today in a statement on its website.

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