IN BRIEF: What is known about newest Ukrainian attack on TurkStream infrastructure

MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. The Kiev regime launched a botched drone attack on the Russkaya gas compressor station that ensures natural gas supplies via the TurkStream gas pipeline, with ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) downed by Russian air defenses, the Defense Ministry reported.

In turn, Gazprom announced a new attack on its facilities, which provide export supplies to Turkey via the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines.

TASS has compiled the main information about the attack.

- In the early morning hours of March 12, the Kiev regime attempted to halt gas supplies to European consumers by attacking the Russkaya gas compressor station in the settlement of Gai-Kodzor in the Krasnodar Region with aircraft-type strike UAVs, the ministry reported.

- According to its information, between 3:55 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. Moscow time (between 12:55 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. GMT) on March 12, Russian air defense and electronic warfare teams destroyed ten Ukrainian aircraft-type strike UAVs in the airspace over the Russkaya gas compressor station, which ensures gas supplies via the TurkStream gas pipeline.