The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that on 11 January, the Ukrainian army allegedly attacked the infrastructure of the Ruska compressor station within the village of Gaikodzor, Russiaʼs Krasnodar Krai, utilizing drones. This station provides fuel by means of the TurkStream pipeline to European international locations.
Supply: Russian Ministry of Defence
Particulars: The ministry claims that the assault was carried out utilizing 9 drones, all of which had been shot down by air defence forces. Nonetheless, the wreckage of one of many drones prompted minor injury to the constructing and tools of the fuel metering station situated on the territory of the Ruska compressor station.
No employees had been injured, and no critical injury to infrastructure was recorded.
Representatives of Russian fuel large Gazprom declare that the compressor station is working usually, and fuel provides by means of the TurkStream pipeline are carried out with out interruption or disruption.
Background:
- The contract between Ukraine and Russia on fuel transit to Europe expired on the finish of 2024 after the Ukrainian facet determined to not renew it.
- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico criticised Kyiv for doing so and wrote a letter to EU leaders expressing his dissatisfaction with Ukraine's actions.
- He additionally threatened to retaliate by slicing off electrical energy provides to Kyiv or decreasing help to Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.
- On 9 January, Fico expanded the vary of his threats in opposition to Ukraine over Kyiv's suspension of Russian pure fuel transit.
- On 10 January, Fico stated that Kremlin chief Putin had promised him that Russia's Gazprom would discover alternative routes to provide contracted fuel to Slovakia after the transit by means of Ukraine was stopped.
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