On Thursday, November 12, Russian troops launched a missile strike on an oil and gas facility of the Naftogaz Group in Chernihiv region. The attack caused serious damage to the enterprise, and some of the technological equipment was destroyed.
This was reported by the press service of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine citing the acting chairman of the company's board, Serhiy Fedorenko.
According to the company, Russian troops attacked the oil and gas facility with two missiles during the day. As a result of the strikes, production facilities suffered serious destruction. Technological equipment necessary for the operation of the enterprise was also damaged.
No employees were injured.
"This is another targeted attack by Russia on energy infrastructure ahead of winter. Fortunately, none of the employees were injured," — Fedorenko said.
Naftogaz noted that specialists will be able to begin assessing the scale of the destruction only after the security situation allows. The extent of the damage and possible consequences for production activities are not yet being specified.
This is the third report by the company about attacks on its facilities in the past week. On the night of November 11, Russian troops struck a Naftogaz enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk region with combat drones. A large-scale fire broke out and equipment was damaged. Workers were in shelters and were not injured.
Earlier, on the night of November 7, Russian troops attacked a company oil and gas facility in central Ukraine three times. The strikes also caused a major fire and damaged equipment.
