On the night of August 6, Russia launched a targeted assault on a critical compressor station in the Odesa region, near the Ukrainian-Romanian border.

This was reported by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

The facility was part of a route connecting Greek LNG terminals to Ukrainian gas storage facilities via the Trans-Balkan pipeline, which has already seen LNG supplies from the USA and test volumes of Azerbaijani gas.

During the night, the equipment responsible for these supplies was attacked by dozens of strike drones, the Ministry of Energy emphasized.

"The massive Russian drone attack on a key compressor station of the Trans-Balkan route indicates that Moscow will utilize all available means to undermine the energy independence of Europeans and alternative gas supply routes," noted Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk.

"If the Russians are allowed to strike our energy infrastructure and gas routes with impunity, then no infrastructure in Europe will be safe," she stressed.