A new attack has occurred on Gazprom PJSC's export infrastructure. Last night, from 0:40 to 1 am, the Russkaya gas station, which ensures stable gas exports through the TurkStream gas pipeline, was attacked by 3 fixed-wing drones" - Gazprom's statement on April 2nd stated.
The attack was repelled thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Russian Ministry of Defense and mobile special forces, preventing damage to Gazprom's facility, the statement added.
Previously, on March 11, Gazprom reported pushing back 12 attacks on the Russkaya, Beregovaya and Kazachya gas compression stations in southern Russia within 2 weeks from February 24.
The Russian Ministry of Defense informed that on the night of March 12, an attack using 10 fixed-wing attack drones targeted the Russkaya gas station to cut off gas supplies to European consumers.
Gazprom also reported on escalating attacks targeting gas suppliers exporting through the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines from March 17 to 19. Accordingly, there were 22 drone attacks at the Russkaya gas station, 3 at the Kazakhya gas station and 1 at the Beregovaya gas station.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the goal of the attacks by Ukrainian armed forces on Russia's energy infrastructure is to hinder a solution on Ukraine in the spirit of the agreements reached between Russian and US leaders in Anchorage.
In a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Moscow Tanju Bilgic, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that Moscow acknowledges the continuous efforts of the Ukrainian armed forces to cause serious damage to the infrastructure of the Blue Stream and TurkStream gas pipelines.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that Hungary will call on the international community and declare Ukraine's actions state terrorism if it destroys TurkStream - the pipeline supplying Russian gas to Europe.
Mr. Gergely Gulyas - head of the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office - warned that Ukraine's attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline in Turkey would be considered an attack on a NATO member state, with all the consequences attached to Kiev.
Russia supplies gas to Turkey through two Trans-Black Sea pipelines, TurkStream and Blue Stream.
The TurkStream gas pipeline has a capacity of 31.5 billion m3. TurkStream is designed to supply gas to Turkey and countries in Southern and Southeast Europe.
The Blue Stream pipeline, put into operation in early 2003, has a designed capacity of 16 billion m3 per year and a total length of 1,213km.
Currently, TurkStream is the last route still transporting Russian gas to Europe after Ukraine stopped transit in early 2025. The starting point of TurkStream is the Russkaya gas compression station, built near Anapa, Russia.
Russia has increased gas exports to Europe through the TurkStream pipeline by 10% in the first quarter of 2026 to 4.96 billion m3, according to TASS calculations based on data from the European Gas Transmission System Operators Network (ENTSOG).
