Russia destroys 60% of Ukraine’s gas production ahead of winter

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1. Hi all,

   *Christopher Miller and Ben Hall in Kyiv* — A series of massive Russian air strikes in the past week have disabled nearly 60% of Ukraine’s gas production, raising fears of winter shortages, according to two Ukrainian officials with knowledge of the damage.

   Sergii Koretskyi, chief executive of Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state energy company, said in an interview that Russia was again seeking to sap morale with targeted strikes on energy infrastructure, as it has every year since 2022. The difference this time, Koretskyi said, was in the frequency and scale of the attacks — with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles on an almost nightly basis.

   As consequences of these attacks, ‘we need billions of cubic meters of gas more during the heating season’, he added. Ukraine needed 13.2bn cubic meters of gas for the winter before the October attacks, and Kyiv had planned to import 4.6 bcm of gas by November 1 — ‘significantly more than in previous years’, Koretskyi said.

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   Victoria – FT social team

2. Hopefully European countries and people can save on gas/energy usage this winter again. An insignificant price for us to pay.

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