Russian attacks cause more damage to Ukrainian gas production sites: Naftogaz

Ukrainian gas production facilities were damaged again in the latest Russian attack overnight March 7, Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz said.

Russia has increasingly turned to targeting Ukrainian upstream gas sites in 2025 having repeatedly attacked gas storage sites and other gas infrastructure since the war began in February 2022.

"This is the seventeenth combined attack on the gas infrastructure facilities of the Naftogaz group," the company said in a statement. "Production facilities that ensure gas production were damaged," it said.

Naftogaz chief Roman Chumak said the assessment of the latest damage was ongoing.

"Naftogaz is taking all necessary measures to restore the operation of the facilities that were attacked," Chumak said.

"We are doing and will do everything possible to ensure that the country has gas," he said.

Russian attacks in January and February against Ukrainian gas production facilities already caused "significant" damage, state-owned Naftogaz said Feb. 15.

Production levels

Ukraine has mostly managed to maintain operations at its critical gas infrastructure despite the ongoing war and barrage of missile and drone attacks.

Ukraine's total gas production rose in 2024 to 19.1 Bcm, according to gas industry association AGPU.

The 19.1 Bcm production volume last year was higher than the 2023 output of 18.7 Bcm, which itself was up from 18.5 Bcm in 2022.

Ukraine had hoped to avoid costly gas imports this winter by relying on domestic production and storage withdrawals.

However, with production sites suffering damage and storage levels falling quickly, Ukraine has, in recent weeks, lifted its gas imports from Europe to help meet demand despite high prices.

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, assessed the benchmark Dutch TTF month-ahead price at Eur37.65/MWh on March 6.

Ukraine is also "already" making gas storage preparations for next winter, with the country's current gas stocks now at very low levels.