{"id":324558,"date":"2025-08-07T06:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324558\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:56:12","slug":"russian-drone-strike-hits-ukrainian-compressor-station-that-handles-azerbaijani-gas-transit-to-europe-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324558\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian drone strike hits Ukrainian compressor station that handles Azerbaijani gas transit to Europe \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Russian forces attacked a\u00a0gas compressor station in\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0Odesa region that facilitates Azerbaijani gas transit to\u00a0Europe. The Ukrainian Ministry of\u00a0Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/mev.gov.ua\/novyna\/rosiya-atakuvala-obyekt-hts-yakyy-zabezpechuye-dyversyfikovanyy-marshrut-postavky-pryrodnoho\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> dozens of\u00a0drones targeted the site near the Romanian border. Energy officials accused Moscow of\u00a0trying to\u00a0undermine Kyiv\u2019s\u00a0ties with Azerbaijan, the United States, and its European allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Popular pro-war Russian blogger Yury Podolyaka wryly referred to\u00a0the attack as\u00a0\u201ca\u00a0big gift to\u00a0\u2018friend\u2019 Ilham Aliyev.\u201d That view, highlighted by\u00a0journalists at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/agentstvonews\/11399\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agentstvo<\/a>, was picked up\u00a0by\u00a0the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets and the television network Tsargrad. Channel One anchor Ruslan Ostashko said the move targeted what he\u00a0called Azerbaijan\u2019s\u00a0\u201cperformative alignment with Western interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">The attack comes amid a\u00a0steep downturn in\u00a0Russia-Azerbaijan relations. Tensions have been high since the downing of\u00a0Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243. The situation worsened after Russian police arrested several Azerbaijani diaspora leaders in\u00a0Russia, prompting Baku to\u00a0detain Russian nationals in\u00a0response.<\/p>\n<p><a data-testid=\"related-rich-block\" class=\"RelatedRichBlock-module_root__-SEe7 RelatedRichBlock-module_isRich__Z2kQ8 RelatedRichBlock-module_hasGradient__s5Krh RelatedRichBlock-module_desktop__EaPOr RelatedRichBlock-module_light__aJLn7\" href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2025\/07\/04\/baku-s-latest-biggest-enemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baku\u2019s latest \u2018biggest enemy\u2019 Journalist Orkhan Mammad explains how Azerbaijani propaganda weaponized the ongoing diplomatic crisis with Russia<\/a><a data-testid=\"related-rich-block\" class=\"RelatedRichBlock-module_root__-SEe7 RelatedRichBlock-module_isRich__Z2kQ8 RelatedRichBlock-module_hasGradient__s5Krh RelatedRichBlock-module_mobile__N-G4U RelatedRichBlock-module_light__aJLn7\" href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2025\/07\/04\/baku-s-latest-biggest-enemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baku\u2019s latest \u2018biggest enemy\u2019 Journalist Orkhan Mammad explains how Azerbaijani propaganda weaponized the ongoing diplomatic crisis with Russia<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">Wednesday\u2019s\u00a0strike outside Odesa disrupts a\u00a0critical energy conduit Europe increasingly relies on\u00a0to\u00a0end its dependence on\u00a0Russian\u00a0gas. In\u00a0July, Ukraine signed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/ukraine-signs-first-transbalkan-gas-deal-with-azerbaijans-socar-2025-07-28\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first contract<\/a> with Azerbaijan\u2019s\u00a0State Oil Company to\u00a0import a\u00a0small volume of\u00a0Azeri-origin natural gas through the Transbalkan route, which runs along the Bulgaria\u2013Romania\u2013Ukraine corridor. The targeted compressor station also handles U.S. liquefied natural gas, deepening Western energy links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian forces attacked a\u00a0gas compressor station in\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0Odesa region that facilitates Azerbaijani gas transit to\u00a0Europe. The Ukrainian Ministry of\u00a0Energy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657,7888,7883,7886,7875,7868,7880,7870,7881,7887,7876,7864,7871,7865,7873,7874,7866,7869,7867,7885,7879,7872,7884,7882,7878,7877],"class_list":{"0":"post-324558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine","11":"tag-7888","12":"tag-7883","13":"tag-7886","14":"tag-7875","15":"tag-7868","16":"tag-7880","17":"tag-7870","18":"tag-7881","19":"tag-7887","20":"tag-7876","21":"tag-7864","22":"tag-7871","23":"tag-7865","24":"tag-7873","25":"tag-7874","26":"tag-7866","27":"tag-7869","28":"tag-7867","29":"tag-7885","30":"tag-7879","31":"tag-7872","32":"tag-7884","33":"tag-7882","34":"tag-7878","35":"tag-7877"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114986181325414432","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}