MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Kiev made another attempt to attack a station providing gas to the TurkStream pipeline in the early hours of February 28, while Vladimir Zelensky was on a trip to Washington.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Kiev used three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which were downed at a safe distance from the facility.
TASS has gathered the key information about the attack.
Drone attack
- In the early hours of February 28, while Zelensky was on a trip to Washington, the Kiev regime, seeking to stop gas supplies to European countries, made another attempt to attack infrastructure facilities at the Russkaya compressor station in the settlement of Gay Kodzor in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Region, which provides gas to the TurkStream pipeline.
- The attack involved three drones.
- Air defenses downed all three Ukrainian UAVs at a safe distance from the compressor station.
Station’s operation
- The compressor station is currently providing gas to the TurkStream pipeline normally.
Statistics
- The Kiev regime made an attempt to attack the Russkaya compressor station on January 11, using nine drones
- All drones were shot down by air defenses.
- The debris of one of the drones caused minor damage to the station’s building and equipment.
- Gazprom personnel promptly addressed the aftermath of the attack and repaired the equipment.
- On February 17, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, a facility of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, was attacked by seven fixed-wing Ukrainian drones.
- The strike put the station out of operation.