russia's damage to Naftogaz facilities in the west: the attack will not affect the supply of natural gas
Kyiv • UNN
the russian attack damaged the above-ground infrastructure of Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities, but did not affect gas supplies to consumers due to the availability of sufficient reserve capacity.
The morning attack by russian federation resulted in a hit to the above-ground infrastructure of one of the underground gas storage facilities of Ukrtransgaz, the Ukrainian gas storage operator, and damaged technological equipment. There are no critical consequences for the operation of the UGS facilities. The attack will not affect the supply of natural gas to Ukrainian consumers. This was reported by Oleksiy Chernyshov, Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, on Facebook, UNN reports .
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Naftogaz Group continues to provide stable gas supplies to Ukrainians. As a result of a morning hostile attack in western Ukraine, the above-ground infrastructure of one of the underground gas storage facilities of Ukrtransgaz, the Ukrainian gas storage operator, was hit and technological equipment was damaged
According to him, work is currently underway to localize and eliminate the consequences in accordance with the scenarios of the Emergency Localization and Response Plan.
There are no critical consequences for the operation of the UGS facilities, as the gas is located at a considerable depth. The damaged part of the above-ground infrastructure will need to be restored, but we have sufficient backup capacities. The attack will not affect the supply of natural gas to Ukrainian consumers
"There are no critical consequences for the operation of the UGS facilities, as the gas is at a considerable depth. The damaged part of the ground infrastructure will need to be restored, but we have sufficient reserve capacities. The attack will not affect the supply of natural gas to Ukrainian consumers," said Chernyshov.
He noted that all nominations of customers for storage and capacity reservation services also continue to be fulfilled in full.
The situation is under the control of our specialists and all involved services
Addendum
During the air alert, which was announced at 09:31, the enemy attacked Lviv region with MiG-31K "daggers". A critical infrastructure facility was hit.
Later, Chernyshov said that as a result of this morning's russian attack on energy infrastructure , Naftogaz Group facilities in the west were damaged.
