WARSAW, April 8 (Reuters) - Poland's Orlen ( PSKOF )

aims to sell 10 cargoes of LNG to Ukraine this year as Kyiv

seeks to fill gas storage sites ahead of winter, two sources

close to the matter told Reuters.

Ukraine is aiming to expand gas transit routes and buy large

volumes of U.S. LNG via Germany, Greece, Lithuania and Poland

after being left with almost empty storage and damaged

production facilities after Russian shelling.

The sources said that Orlen ( PSKOF ) supplies include gas from the

United States, which has called on Europe to buy more of its

energy and also provides key military and financial support for

Ukraine.

Orlen ( PSKOF ) wants to sell up to 1 billion cubic metres (bcm) of

gas, or 10 cargoes, to Ukraine by September, including two

cargoes already sold to state-controlled Naftogaz.

In addition to Naftogaz, Orlen ( PSKOF ) is discussing the issue of

liquefied gas supplies with Ukraine's largest private energy

company, DTEK, one of the sources said. Orlen ( PSKOF ) will buy cargoes

for Ukraine on the spot market, the source added.

DTEK, Orlen ( PSKOF ) and Naftogaz declined to comment.

Orlen's ( PSKOF ) gas output surged 20% last year thanks to higher

production in Norway. Combined with contracts for imports of

LNG, and booked pipeline and regasification capacity, Orlen ( PSKOF ) has

access to more gas than Poland's domestic consumption.

Poland can supply up to 7 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas

to Ukraine per day via the existing interconnector, the capacity

of which will be increased by early 2026.

Ukraine has said it needs to import at least 4 bcm for the

2025/26 heating season, half of which could be LNG.