Donetsk region may be left without gas due to the invaders (illustrative photo)/Channel 24
< strong _ngcontent-sc87="">The Russian military, while trying to cut off the Luhansk region from the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway, damaged a large-diameter gas pipeline. Therefore, the gas supply of the Donetsk region is still in doubt.
This was announced by the head of the Luhansk regional military administration Sergei Gaidai. The Russians on the border of Donbass and Lugansk region, trying to advance and seize the road, got into the main gas pipeline with a diameter of 1200 millimeters.
According to Gaidai, due to such actions, the pressure in the pipeline immediately decreased, and this calls into question the further gas supply to the neighboring region. At the same time, it is still extremely difficult to get to the depressurized section due to active hostilities.
36 thousand consumers from 3 settlements of the Luhansk region have some supply of blue fuel due to the residual pressure in pipes,” said the chairman of the OVA.
Gas supply may stop completely
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavel Kirilenko also confirmed the difficult situation with the supply of gas to consumers. According to him, the main node through which gas was supplied earlier is now occupied by the Russians, so the supply through it was stopped.
The reserve node was damaged back in April during the hostilities. At the same time, the enterprise is not able to start repairs due to the constant shelling of the occupiers.
Each new shelling leads to a drop in pressure in the networks. It also complicates the operation of the entire system. All this may lead to a complete halt of gas supply in the region in the near future, – said Kirilenko.
What local residents will need to do
According to the head of the OVA, if gas supplies are stopped, each consumer will have to:
- close the gas supply valves in front of each appliance;
- wait for information from the local administration about the resumption of gas supplies, indicating the work schedule;
- under no circumstances interfere with the operation of gas networks on your own.
Situation in Donbas: latest news
- Local residents reported on the evening of May 22 that one of the worst shellings since 2014 had taken place in Avdiivka, Donetsk region. The fire was visible throughout the city.
- The Russian military introduced a strict access control in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. The occupiers installed the so-called “passes for movement”.
- According to the Vostok Operational-Tactical Group, on May 22, the Russian occupiers made one attack on the positions of the Ukrainian military. However, the Ukrainian defenders recaptured it and inflicted significant losses on the invaders.
- The curfew time was changed in the Lugansk region. From May 23, it operates from 21:00 to 5:00.
- Ukrainian defenders for the first time in modern history destroyed the Russian self-propelled gun “Tulip”. It was possible to burn the military equipment of the invaders in the area of Rubizhne.
