Putin accuses Ukraine of 'provocation' amid alleged border incursion
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Fighting has been taking place since Tuesday, with footage showing smoke rising in some areas.

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On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the Ukrainian army had established control over the Sudzha gas hub - a major gas facility involved in the transit of natural gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine, which has continued despite the war. It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU.

Although this has not been verified by the BBC, Mr Honcharenko’s comment was the first confirmation of an incursion into Russian territory by a Ukrainian official. Kyiv had previously not commented on reports of a cross-border attack.

    • L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      351·
      3 months ago

      Cut off tail of snake and it will eventually grow back. Cut off head of snake and it cannot grow back.

      • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        16·
        3 months ago

        But Ukraine was making a ton of money transporting Russian gas over their territory (before the war). Presumably they want the war to end with some kind of agreement that restores this deal, no?

        • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          3 months ago

          Sure, if the agreement is that Ukraine gets gas for free for the next 100 years as part of reperations russia has to pay.

        • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          They where making a lot of money there. But Russia was making more money and used it to stash a fund that allows them to finance this war and stave off the effects of the sanctions.

          Ukraine will need to do much rebuilding anyway… this allows them to leave Russia with a destroyed gas node and less income all the while keeping plausible deniability on who destroyed it. Russians blow up stuff “they did not mean to” all the time. No need to question who is to blame for the destruction of the node… it’s the party that started shooting.

          Plus it gives Orban something to explain back home too once his citizens end up in the cold. Or he needs to pivot and spend his euros elsewhere meaning less money for Russia.

          Win-win-win…

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      3 months ago

      ?

      By blowing it up and causing an ecological disaster in their own country?

      There should be cut off valves where they could have done it safely, but this is Russian built, they used positive power coefficients on their nuclear power plants…

      You can’t count on common sense safety measures.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Sabotaging a gas line does a lot to damage your own position because natural gas is VERY toxic. Controlling the source though is ALL power

      • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        There’s shutoff valves, they don’t need to blow it up. That’s why the story about Russia supposedly blowing up nordstream never made sense either.

        • Bookmeat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          It makes sense if the idea is that they want to force EU to use (fund) the new pipelines elsewhere.

    • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.orgEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      That’s a direct pipeline, it seems. Goes straight to the EU.

      There’s a different pipeline (maybe several, not sure) going through Ukraine.

      • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        And then just hold it. If Russia tries to reclaim it, they end up bombing their own pipeline.