Russian aerial bomb damages gas pipeline in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russian forces have attacked critical infrastructure operated by Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company, for the second day in a row. A Russian aerial bomb damaged a gas pipeline in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 2 May.
Source: Serhii Koretskyi, CEO of Naftogaz of Ukraine, on Facebook
Details: Koretskyi said a gas production facility in Kharkiv Oblast had come under attack yesterday. Equipment was damaged. Company engineers are working at the site and assessing the aftermath of the attack.
A gas pipeline in Zaporizhzhia Oblast was damaged by a Russian aerial bomb strike on 2 May. Some consumers have been temporarily left without gas supply.
Repair crews are coordinating their actions with the military and will start work to repair the damage as soon as the security situation allows, Koretskyi said.
He said one Naftogaz employee was also injured today in a Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The employee is receiving the necessary medical care.
Koretskyi said Russian forces have attacked Naftogaz Group facilities 99 times since the beginning of this year alone.
Background:
- Russia attacked gas production facilities belonging to the Naftogaz Group in Poltava Oblast on the eve of Catholic Easter.
- In late March, Koretskyi reported Russian drones had struck production facilities belonging to the Naftogaz Group in Poltava Oblast.
- Earlier it was reported that Russian forces struck a gas production infrastructure facility belonging to Naftogaz Group, causing a fire.
- Prior to that, Russian troops attacked an industrial facility in the Poltava district, leaving 5,040 consumers without gas supply.
- Russian forces also attacked the Naftogaz Group's Kherson Combined Heat and Power Plant with artillery, killing an employee of the chemical unit. It was also reported that since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Naftogaz Group has lost 315 employees.
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