Ukraine Attacked Compressor Station on Turkstream Pipeline
TurkStream’s trajectory. X/ @citoyenneFrance
January 13, 2025 Hour: 7:39 am
This 900-kilometer pipeline has become crucial since January 1, when Ukraine suspended the transit of Russian gas.
On Monday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense denounced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a compressor station of the TurkStream gas pipeline located in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
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“On January 11, 2025, the Kyiv regime, with the goal of cutting off gas supplies to European countries, attempted to attack the infrastructure of the Russkaya compressor station in the village of Gai-Kodzor, which pumps gas through the TurkStream pipeline, using nine unmanned aerial vehicles,” the official statement said.
All the drones involved in the attack were shot down, but fragments from one of them caused minor damage to a building and equipment at the compressor station.
Nevertheless, the facility is operating normally, and no interruptions to the gas supply were recorded, the Ministry of Defense assured.
The consequences of the drone fragments’ impact were quickly addressed by employees of the gas consortium Gazprom, they added.
TurkStream, spanning more than 900 kilometers, was inaugurated five years ago and has become crucial since January 1, when Ukraine suspended the transit of Russian gas.
The pipeline crosses the Black Sea, connecting the Russian city of Anapa with Kiyiköy in Turkey, supplying Russian gas to both the Turkish and European markets, thus bypassing Ukrainian territory.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
