Shelling of Okhtyrka in Sumy region threatens Ukraine's main natural gas pipelines – Interior Ministry

16:02, 25.02.2022 1 min read

The shelling by Russian troops of Okhtyrka in Sumy region threatens the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has said.

"The fact that the Russians are firing cruise missiles and "Hurricane" guided rockets poses a threat not only to the military and civilian population, but also is a huge threat to the critical infrastructure of Ukraine," Vadym Denysenko, an advisor to the Interior Minister, said in a videa message posted on Facebook on Friday. He recalled that the main gas pipelines of Ukraine are located in Okhtyrka.

"This poses a threat in general to the existence of main gas pipelines in Ukraine," he said.

Earlier, the head of the Sumy regional military administration Dmytro Zhyvitsky said that in Okhtyrka Russian troops fired at a residential area, bomb shelter and a kindergarten, where children were seriously injured.