Terrifying moment Russian gas pipeline EXPLODES in huge fireball blast amid series of ‘Ukrainian strikes’ on Putin energy facilities
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A major explosion hit a major Russian gas pipeline for the second time in ten months.
Images show the huge fireball from the explosion on the Yamburg-Yelets 1 main supply line.
The glow of the inferno and the column of smoke were visible for miles.
The cause of the explosion is under urgent investigation and comes amid a series of sabotage attacks on key Russian energy facilities linked to the war in Ukraine.
Kiev rarely claims responsibility for such strikes.
The powerful inferno was located near the village of Lykhma in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia, 480 kilometers north of the capital Khanty-Mansiysk.
The pipeline delivers gas from the Yamal Peninsula in Northern Siberia to European Russia
The pipeline delivers gas from the Yamal Peninsula in Northern Siberia to European Russia
The powerful inferno took place near the village of Lykhma in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia, 480 kilometers north of the capital Khanty-Mansiysk.
The pipeline delivers gas from the Yamal Peninsula in Northern Siberia to European Russia.
Reports said there were no casualties in the remote explosion.
The gas pipeline had to be cut, endangering supplies to European Russia.
In January, Ukraine managed to use a fleet of drones to attack an oil refinery deep in Russian territory.
The SBU struck a refinery of the Russian oil company Rosneft in Tuapse, a city on the Black Sea, far away from Ukrainian territory.
A fire at the facility reportedly spread over 200 square meters before it was extinguished.
That attack took place four days after SBU drones attacked a refinery in Ust-Luga, a port city in the Leningrad region. The hub is one of Russia’s two main oil export epicenters and the attack forced the country to halt operations at the time.
More to follow.