Moscow - Saba:
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the explosion at the Sudzha gas metering station, carried out by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrawing from the Kursk border region, was a deliberate provocation by Kyiv to discredit the peace initiatives put forward by the US President.
"On the night of March 21, 2025, the Kyiv regime deliberately blew up the Sudzha gas metering station, located several hundred meters from the state border in the Kursk region," the ministry said in a statement carried by the Russian news agency Sputnik.
It added that this energy infrastructure facility, through which more than 40 million cubic meters of gas were previously pumped daily to European consumer countries, has been under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since August 7, 2024.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the explosion at the Sudzha gas metering station, carried out by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrawing from the Kursk border region, was a deliberate provocation by Kyiv to discredit the peace initiatives put forward by the US President.
"On the night of March 21, 2025, the Kyiv regime deliberately blew up the Sudzha gas metering station, located several hundred meters from the state border in the Kursk region," the ministry said in a statement carried by the Russian news agency Sputnik.
It added that this energy infrastructure facility, through which more than 40 million cubic meters of gas were previously pumped daily to European consumer countries, has been under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since August 7, 2024.