ST. PETERSBURG, February 19. /TASS/. Kiev is receiving space surveillance data from its Western allies only, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, commenting on the situation with the Ukrainian attack against the pump station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).

"Attacks of such kind are impossible without space intelligence and Ukraine receives high-accuracy data of such space surveillance for destruction targets, in respect of destruction targets, from its Western allies only," the head of state said.

"I do not know at the moment who specifically gave these space data [to Ukraine], who provided satellite imagery for facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium," the Russian leader added.