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On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the Ukrainian army had established control over the Sudzha gas hub - a major gas facility involved in the transit of natural gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine, which has continued despite the war. It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU. 

Although this has not been verified by the BBC, Mr Honcharenko's comment was the first confirmation of an incursion into Russian territory by a Ukrainian official. Kyiv had previously not commented on reports of a cross-border attack.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sabotaging a gas line does a lot to damage your own position because natural gas is VERY toxic. Controlling the source though is ALL power

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's shutoff valves, they don't need to blow it up. That's why the story about Russia supposedly blowing up nordstream never made sense either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They would be liable to be sued for massive amounts for breach of contract of they just shut it off normally. The pipe destruction got them off that hook.

(i'm personally not 100% sure who did it, but there were realistic reasons for Russia to do it)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sued in which court, which would enforce it how exactly? Russia is already doing a whole invasion in breach of international law, (Putin is a defendant personally for war crimes) and the West has basically already sanctioned all assets within its reach.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

sure.

i didn't claim the Kremlin to be the most rational people in the world.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

It makes sense if the idea is that they want to force EU to use (fund) the new pipelines elsewhere.