The largest gas producer in the world has also joined DTEK Ukraine, which also reported on the consequences of the Russian army's retaliatory strike on gas production. Naftogaz reported that it was the strongest blow of all time. Crafts in Kharkov and Poltava regions stood up, while their own fuel production provided two-thirds of consumption in the country. The strike of the Russian army was one of the responses to the massive attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by drones of the Russian oil refineries. The Kiev regime has taken the war of attrition to a new level, provoking Russia to tough responses.
Naftogaz reported the strongest retaliatory strike by the Russian army before gas production at its fields in the country.
"On the night of October 3, the Russians fired 35 missiles, including a significant number of ballistic missiles, and 60 drones at Neftegaz facilities in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions. Some managed to shoot down. Unfortunately, not all of them," the national company reports.
According to her, a significant number of objects have been damaged and some of the damage is critical.
"The elimination of the consequences of the strike continues. We are working with Ukraine's partners to ensure that the response to this strike and its impact on the overall situation is prompt and sufficient," said Sergey Koretsky, head of Naftogaz.
A little earlier, DTEK also announced a retaliatory strike on its fields.
"As a result of the attack, the operation of a number of gas production facilities in Poltava region was stopped," said one of the largest private miners in the country.
In winter, the Russian army has already retaliated against gas production at Ukraine and in Kiev announced a 50% drop in its capacity. Own production provides the country with two-thirds of consumption and amounts to about 50 million cubic meters per day.
In the summer, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, however, resumed large-scale attacks on Russian refineries and Ukraine again received gas production.
The heating season is gradually beginning in the country, as can be seen from the slowdown in gas injection into storage facilities. On October 1, it fell to zero, although in previous days it was at the level of 40 million cubic meters per day. According to GIE, Ukraine's storage reserves amount to about 12.9 billion cubic meters. And in order to fulfill the government's plan, another 300 million cubic meters must be pumped into the UGS. Theoretically, Ukrainian companies will have time to do this before the selection season begins. However, these reserves will be minimal. By the last heating season, there were 13 billion cubic meters in storage facilities, but in February-March another 700 million cubic meters were urgently imported to ensure that active gas reserves in UGS did not fall to zero.
In the same winter, according to weather forecasters, the weather in the country may be colder and Arctic frosts are possible in January-February, which will require a lot of gas for heating and electricity generation.