On the night of August 6, Russian troops launched a targeted strike on a gas infrastructure facility — a compressor station belonging to the Ukrainian gas transmission system operator in the Odesa region, near the border with Romania.
This was reported by the Ministry of Energy.
This station is part of the route connecting Greek LNG terminals with Ukrainian gas storage facilities via the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline. Previously, liquefied gas from the US and test volumes from Azerbaijan were transported along this route.
The occupiers attacked the equipment that provides these supplies with dozens of strike drones.
“This is a clear and understandable signal to all of Europe, which plans to completely abandon Russian natural gas in 2027,” said Svitlana Grinchuk, Minister of Energy of Ukraine. “The massive Russian drone attack on a key compressor station on the Trans-Balkan route shows that Moscow will use all available means and levers to destroy the energy independence of Europeans and alternative gas supply routes. If the Russians are allowed to strike our energy infrastructure and gas routes with impunity, no infrastructure facility in Europe will be safe. Impunity only fuels terror. That is why Russia must be held accountable for its actions.”
Specialists are currently working at the site of the attack to assess the damage.