It will be a hard winter for Ukraine.
Last weekend, a MASSIVE Russian drone and missile strike targeted Ukraine’s gas infrastructure in the northern Kharkiv and Poltava regions.
The dramatic result of the attack wiped out roughly 60% of the country’s domestic natural gas production.
So, now, Ukraine has become vulnerable ahead of winter, because the destroyed facilities provided for most household heating needs.
Bloomberg reported:
“Russian strikes have wiped out more than half of Ukraine’s domestic natural gas production, likely forcing the country to spend 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on fuel imports to survive the looming winter.”
Ukraine now has to import about 4.4 billion cubic meters until March’s — a figure equivalent to nearly 20% of its annual consumption.
Having already imported 4.58 billion cubic meters this year, Kiev is seeking urgent aid from G7 allies.
The glow of fires after a Russian missile strike on Ukrainian gas infrastructure in the Poltava region. October 3, 2025.#SpecialMilitaryOperation #Arrivals#NaziUkraine pic.twitter.com/1y6AtxaFvb
— Rajendran (@Rajendr67215893) October 4, 2025
The Russians carried out the most massive attack on Ukraine’s gas production infrastructure to date, according to Serhiy Koretskyi, head of the Naftogaz Group. “It was a combined strike involving 35 missiles, including a significant number of ballistic ones, and 60 drones.
1/6 pic.twitter.com/kvLF9ZCOH7— Artur Rehi (@ArturRehi) October 3, 2025
Watch: Karkhov goes dark:
MOMENT Ukraine’s second-largest city goes DARK
Blue flashes in sky and loud EXPLOSION as 20+ blasts rock Kharkov
Instant retaliation by Russia after Ukraine’s attempted attack on Belgorod https://t.co/NVArc437V8 pic.twitter.com/u4YaX8AbXZ
— RT (@RT_com) October 6, 2025
“’Russia will do everything to prevent us from extracting our gas’, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv on Monday. ‘They will do everything. It will be difficult to protect all this. The task is to have money to import gas so that people have gas’.”
The European Commission is ‘deeply concerned’ over the infrastructure damage, pledging close coordination.
“’The Commission is deeply concerned about the damage inflicted by Russia on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure’, said Anna Kaisa Itkonen, the commission’s spokesperson for energy. ‘We remain in close contact with Ukraine on the overall energy situation in the country’.”
‼️ Today’s attack on the gas production infrastructure was the most massive since the beginning of the war, reports “Naftogaz” and confirms strikes on facilities in the Kharkov and Poltava regions
35 missiles were launched at them, including many ballistic ones, and 60 drones. pic.twitter.com/wn3lKwlCCZ
— Maimunka News (@MaimunkaNews) October 3, 2025
Russia conducts one of its largest strikes on Ukraine’s gas sites:
Russia hits Kyiv’s main gas production sites in Poltava, Kharkiv @eriknjoka tells you more pic.twitter.com/BZv0MjkdR6
— WION (@WIONews) October 4, 2025
Read more from September:
Ukrainian Military Logistics and Supplies Totally Disrupted by Russian Drone Campaign
