Russia strikes gas networks 52 times in Donetsk region over one week – Naftogaz
Between March 30 and April 5, Russia carried out 52 strikes on gas networks in the Donetsk region, leaving 436 households without gas supply, Naftogaz Group reported on its Telegram channel on Tuesday.
"Gas supply has already been restored to 147 families. Gas workers from Donetskoblgaz are working to restore it," the company said.
Kramatorsk suffered the most, with 23 hits on gas infrastructure. A total of 171 households were left without gas. Supply has already been restored to 60 families, and another 45 households had gas restored following previous outages.
According to Naftogaz, 13 such strikes were recorded in Druzhkivka, where the largest number of households – 233 – were left without gas. In Sloviansk, there were two incidents, leaving 18 families without gas; in Mykolaivka, 13 incidents left 24 households cut off, while gas was restored to 42 families; and in Balbasivka, one incident was recorded.
"Our gas workers are operating under extremely difficult conditions – under shelling, among destroyed homes and damaged infrastructure. They are restoring gas supply wherever the security situation allows," the company said.
