Russian forces fired at least five ballistic missiles at an oil and gas facility in Ukraine’s Poltava region overnight on September 22. Following the latest strike, restoring the facility and resuming its operations is effectively impossible.
Source: Naftogaz Group
The strike hit technological facilities that had already been out of operation for an extended period. Previous Russian attacks had damaged their equipment and forced them offline. This time, the damage was critical. Naftogaz said the latest destruction has effectively made it impossible to restore the facility or resume operations.
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Russian forces have attacked the facility dozens of times since the start of the full-scale invasion, using both drones and missiles.
The Poltava region remains one of the main targets of systematic Russian attacks on Ukraine’s gas production infrastructure.
- During the spring and summer alone, Naftogaz repeatedly reported attacks on its production assets in the region. On July 4, a drone strike also forced the company to suspend operations at one of its gas production facilities.
- In May, an attack on Naftogaz gas production facilities in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions had far more severe consequences: company employees and State Emergency Service (ДСНС) rescuers were killed, while dozens of people were injured.
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Note: This article was translated automatically from Ukrainian into English
