Gas production facilities in central Ukraine’s Poltava region, operated by energy conglomerate Naftogaz, were shut down after sustaining major damage from two consecutive days of Russian strikes.
Naftogaz CEO Serhiy Koretsky said the latest overnight attacks between Thursday and Friday – following other strikes a day prior – resulted in a fire and major damage, forcing the facilities to shut down.
“The attack resulted in a fire. The equipment suffered significant damage, and the facility was shut down,” Koretsky wrote on Facebook.
Koretsky thanked the emergency response and noted that Naftogaz facilities have come under fire about 40 times in the first three months of 2026 alone.
In a Friday morning update, Naftogaz said workers were “working on eliminating the consequences” of the attack.
Previous attacks
Roughly a week earlier, on March 20, Russian drones had targeted Naftogaz facilities in Ukraine’s Poltava and Sumy regions – setting one of the facilities on fire.
Naftogaz reported no casualties after the March 20 strike and said the fire was quickly extinguished, having caused some damage.
In February, sites in Poltava and Sumy regions were also subjected to two-day-long Russian strikes.
That same month, Naftogaz said that Russian attacks on its facilities had tripled in 2025. Over 1,700 Russian strikes have targeted the company since 2022, with missiles, drones, and artillery – 1,399 of which took place in 2025.
Russian attacks have cut Ukraine’s domestic gas production by more than half. In 2025, the country imported 4.58 billion cubic meters (161.7 billion cubic feet) of gas – 3.67 billion cubic meters (129.5 billion cubic feet) of which were imported since last winter – and Kyiv expects total imports could reach 5.8 billion cubic meters (204.8 billion cubic feet) by the end of 2026.
Some supplies come as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US via Poland’s ORLEN and, for the first time, through a new route from Greece via state-owned DEPA Commercial.
In February, Naftogaz completed the first delivery of US LNG to Ukraine via a German terminal.