As reported by the Facebook page of Serhii Koretskyi
On the night of October 5, Russia launched a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure. Emergency services and energy-system operators are working to eliminate the consequences and assess the damage to restore stable gas supplies across the country as quickly as possible.
According to the chairman of the board of JSC Naftogaz, Serhiy Koretsky, civilian facilities responsible for gas supply to the population and ensuring the heating season were hit. At present, specialists report disruptions in network operations and significant damage on certain sections of gas pipelines.
Rescuers and energy-system workers have been dispatched to the scene to assess the scale of the damage and promptly restore gas supply to regions that need the most support during the cold season.
Koretsky noted that these facilities have no military significance.
“These maniacal terrorist strikes are aimed at one thing – depriving Ukrainians of gas, warmth, and light.”
Politics and consequences
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that on the night of October 5, Russia carried out a combined air attack, involving more than 50 missiles and about 500 attack drones. As a result of the strikes, energy supply disruptions occurred in many regions and a decline in gas flow to households and industry.
The damaged facilities came under rocket and drone strikes, including Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, and Kirovohrad oblasts. According to preliminary data, five people were killed and about ten more were injured. The regions remain under heightened security measures, and efforts to restore gas supply continue without interruption.
Energy services and government bodies are consolidating efforts to rebuild and stabilize the networks to minimize the impact on people and the economy. The country continues to work toward rapid restoration of full gas supply and strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure against similar strikes in the future.
