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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has commented on a foiled Ukrainian attack on key gas compressor station
Ukraine is continuing with its policy of “energy terrorism,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
The spokesman was reached for comment by Russian media over an attempted attack on the Russkaya gas compressor station near the village of Gaikodzor in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, reported by the Russian military earlier in the day.
“Kiev follows this line of energy terrorism,” Peskov stated.
The compressor station came under attack overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The attempted strike involved mine kamikaze drones and was largely thwarted, according to the military. One fixed-wing drone crashed near a gas meter and caused minor damage to it, with the implement getting swiftly repaired by personnel at the facility.
The site is crucial for the operation of the TurkStream pipeline, which delivers natural gas from Russia to Türkiye and runs under the Black Sea. The route is used by several nations in southern Europe to get their supply of natural gas from Russia.
