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Russian Strikes Hit Ukraine’s Oil and Gas Infrastructure in Kharkiv and Sumy
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Russian forces attacked oil and gas infrastructure facilities in Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Sumy regions over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz reported.
According to the company, one facility in the Sumy region was struck twice within several hours, in what appeared to be a repeated attack on the same target.
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The strikes caused fires and significant damage to infrastructure, Naftogaz said, without providing further details on the affected sites.
The company stated that Russian forces have been carrying out near-continuous attacks on Ukraine’s oil and gas infrastructure across several regions, including Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
This is not the first time Russian forces have targeted facilities belonging to Ukraine’s Naftogaz Group.
In October 2025, Russian forces carried out what the company described as the largest attack to date on its gas production infrastructure, striking facilities in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions.
According to Naftogaz, the assault involved 35 missiles—many of them ballistic—and 60 drones. While a portion of the incoming weapons were intercepted, the company said not all of them could be stopped.
“This was a deliberate act of terror against civilian facilities that provide gas extraction and processing essential for the normal life of people. There was no military purpose or rationale. It was yet another display of Russian malice, aimed solely at disrupting the heating season and depriving Ukrainians of the ability to heat their homes this winter,” said Naftogaz CEO Sergii Koretskyi.
Koretskyi added that a significant number of the company’s installations were damaged in the attack, with some destruction assessed as critical.
Overall, between 2024 and 2025, Russian strikes hit 34 facilities operated by Ukrgazvydobuvannya, with the most severe attack occurring in February 2025 and resulting in the loss of nearly half of total gas production.
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