Ukraine Says It Blew Up Russia Domestic Gas Link in West Siberia
Drill pipe sections near an oil derrick in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous region, Russia.
Photographer: BloombergUkraine said it has blasted a gas pipeline in western Siberia that feeds military production facilities in three Russian regions.
A natural gas link with a capacity of 2.6 billion cubic meters per year was blown up Thursday night in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi region, about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) away from Moscow, as part of a special operation, said an official in Ukraine’s military intelligence familiar with the matter.