Ukraine tried to sabotage Russian gas supply to Türkiye – Moscow

The military has thwarted a drone attack at a key compressor station, the Defense Ministry has said

Ukraine has launched an unsuccessful drone attack on Russian energy infrastructure which delivers natural gas to Türkiye via an undersea pipeline, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Monday.

The attempted sabotage took place on Saturday and involved nine kamikaze drones, which Ukrainian forces launched at a gas compressor station near the village of Gaikodzor in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, according to a statement from the ministry.

The site is crucial for the operation of the TurkStream pipeline, which delivers natural gas from Russia to Türkiye under the Black Sea. Several nations in southern Europe, including EU member Hungary, use the Turkish route to receive supplies. Kiev’s attack was “aimed at stopping the supply of gas to European nations” through the neutral intermediary, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.

The Ukrainian attack against the Russkaya compressor station was largely thwarted, the military added. One fixed-wing drone crashed close to a gas meter and caused minor damage to the instrument, which was swiftly fixed by the facility’s personnel, it said. The incident caused no interruption in supplies, it stressed.