Ukraine-Russia War Latest: Heavy explosion in attack on Kyiv Gas Facilities

Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK suspended operations in several gas facilities in the eastern poultry region, after the Russian attacks, the company said on Friday.

“Throughout the night, the enemy once again attacked the energy infrastructure of DTEK oil and gas with drones and missiles,” it said on X.

“As a result of the attack, the operation of several gas production facilities in the Poultwa region was stopped.”

The Ukrainian forces along with Kazakhstan strike a drone on the Orschenforgesintese oil refinery in the Russian city of Orsa near the border, overnight, with Kazakhstan, by an official of Kiev’s SBU domestic security service said on Friday.

The official said that the distance of the strike, which caught fire, was about 1,400 km.

More than 200 Ukrainian soldiers and citizens returned home on Thursday after the latest prisoner swap with Russia.

Both Ukraine and Russia reported that 185 soldiers and 20 citizens were released from Russian captivity yesterday.

Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi said that the returning soldiers were some of those who fought in the Mariupol battle at the beginning of the war.

NAFTOGAZ CEO Sergi Koreski said that there was no “any military objective or justification” for the major reports on Ukrainian gas facilities.

“This was a deliberate task of terror against civil facilities that provide the gas extraction and processing required for the normal life of the people,” he said on Friday.

“There was no military objective or justification. It was still another performance of Russian malice, which was to be fully disrupted the heating season and deprived Ukrainians of the ability to heat their homes in this winter.

“As a result of this attack, an important part of our features has been damaged. Some destruction is important.”

Ukraine’s Air Force said on Friday that Russia launched 381 drones and 35 missiles at night target.

It said that they were targeting energy infrastructure.

Russia was reported to have a major attack on Ukrainian gas production sites on Friday.

The CEO of Nftogaz said that a strike had killed the main gas production sites of Ukraine in Poultwa, Kharkiv region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian forces went on a huge strike on Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and gas and energy infrastructure facilities, as reported by Interfax.

Russia has lost around 1,113,430 soldiers since the entire -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, evaluated in a report by general employees of Ukraine’s armed forces. Published On Friday.

At the top of the number of casualties, he claimed, Russia has lost 11,225 tanks in other devices, 23,297 armored fighting vehicles, 33,413 artillery systems and 427 aircraft.

The Trump administration formally informed the Congress about the sale of $ 51MN weapons to Ukraine and its colleagues this week, two sources told Kiev Post.

An official told the outlet that “a continuous American commitment to the supply of Kiev” indicates that despite the concern that the government disrupted the flow of assistance to Europe.

One of the reported shipments was called $ 1MN package for igneous scriptures, parts and components for Ukraine.

Others were described as a comprehensive $ 50mn package in defense articles, including technical data and defense services for Ukraine, UK and Belgium, the outlet reported.

According to local officials, the Ukrainian drone raised a Russian chemical plant about 1,700 km from the frontline overnight.

Regional Governor Dimitri Makhonin said Ukraine had killed the Azote Chemical Plant in Perm Kra on Friday on Thursday.

The plant is one of Russia’s largest nitrogen fertilizer producers and supplies chemicals for both agriculture and explosives.

Russian forces are regularly trying to block UK military satellites, the head of the UK Space Command has revealed.

Major General Paul Tedman told the BBC that these efforts to disrupt UK-based military activities are “weekly”, Russia also closely monitored the country’s space assets.

Major General Tedman said, “We are watching our satellites jamming on a reasonable basis by Russians.”