Russia struck Ukrainian gas facilities for seventh time this month, damage reported
Illustrative photo: Russia strikes Naftogaz facilities for the seventh time this month (GettyImages)
On the night of Tuesday, October 28, the Russian army carried out its seventh strike on civilian gas infrastructure in the Poltava region, says Sergii Koretskyi, CEO of Naftogaz of Ukraine.
Sources told RBC-Ukraine that extraction facilities in the Poltava region were damaged in the strikes.
"Fortunately, no one was hurt – that's the most important thing. Specialists are on site assessing the damage and beginning restoration work," Koretskyi said.
According to him, this is already the seventh deliberate attack by the enemy on gas infrastructure since the beginning of October.
"None of the facilities attacked by Russia has any military significance. The sole purpose of these strikes is to leave Ukrainians without gas and heat. I thank all colleagues working to restore the facilities targeted by Russia," he wrote.
Strikes on Ukraine's energy sector
Since the beginning of autumn, Russia has launched a series of attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The main targets of the enemy are CHP plants, thermal power plants, and other energy facilities.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine expects that problems with electricity may continue in the future due to new Russian attacks, making it necessary to start importing electricity from the EU.
We also reported that on the night of October 15, Russian forces attacked one of Naftogaz's CHP plants, causing a fire at the site of the strike.
According to the Air Force, that night the Russian army carried out another attack on Ukrainian territory using 38 strike drones.
As of 9:00 a.m. Kyiv time, air defense forces had destroyed or suppressed 26 enemy drones in the north and east of the country. Meanwhile, 12 drones hit four locations, and debris from downed drones fell in one location.
