Four facilities have been damaged in the last 24 hours, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said
Ukraine has conducted four attacks on Russian energy infrastructure within the past 24 hours, in Kiev’s latest breach of a ceasefire agreement, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. The incidents resulted in damage to facilities and disrupted services to thousands of consumers, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Moscow and Kiev agreed to a 30-day moratorium on strikes against each other’s energy sites on March 18, following US-mediated talks in Riyadh. The agreement included facilities such as oil refineries, pipelines, power plants, and nuclear stations. Russia has since accused Ukraine of violating the deal on numerous occasions.
According to the Defense Ministry, a drone strike targeted a gas distribution station in Lugansk on Wednesday, causing equipment damage and a fire, and leading to gas supply disruptions for over 11,000 consumers. In Kursk Region, a drone attack on an electricity facility reportedly led to the disconnection of a high-voltage line, leaving more than 1,200 consumers without power. Artillery shelling hit a substation in Belgorod Region, damaging a transformer and causing power outages for over 1,700 households. A drone strike on a substation in Zaporozhye ignited an oil circuit breaker, cutting power to 9,000 households, the ministry reported.
In late March, Ukraine destroyed a key border energy facility in Kursk Region, according to the Defense Ministry. The Sudzha gas metering station was part of a major pipeline, which for decades had delivered fuel to EU customers before operations ceased on January 1, 2025, after Ukraine declined to renew the transit agreement with Russia.
The daily unilateral attacks on Russian energy infrastructure prove that Kiev is unable to adhere to any potential agreements aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict, the Defense Ministry stressed.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused the Ukrainian government of deliberately undermining peace initiatives and the Russia-US dialogue by violating the moratorium. According to Zakharova, Ukraine’s ongoing assaults on Russian energy facilities expose Kiev’s lack of political will for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
Moscow, however, has signaled that it plans to adhere to the moratorium, while warning that it may retaliate if Kiev continues to breach the agreement.
