Ukraine-Russia war latest: Huge explosion in attack on Kyiv gas facilities after Putin warns Trump of ‘escalation’
Russia carried out its “biggest attack yet” on Ukrainian gas facilities on Friday, Ukraine’s largest national oil and gas company claimed.
Naftogaz said Russian forces had launched the largest strike on its gas production facilities since the start of the invasion in 2022, causing “critical” damage.
“Facilities in Kharkiv and Poltava regions were hit with 35 missiles, many of them ballistic, along with 60 drones,” they said in a statement.
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had carried out massive overnight strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and on gas and energy infrastructure.
The strikes came just two days after Koretskyi announced Naftogaz would import approximately 500 million cubic meters of LNG from the United States via European countries.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin also warned Donald Trump on Thursday that the US risked “a new stage of escalation” if Washington provides Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles.
Meanwhile, authorities in Germany shut down Munich Airport late on Friday, the second closure in less than 24 hours after more suspected drone sightings, the airport said in a statement.
The closures are the latest after mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries
