Donetsk-Mariupol gas pipeline damaged, people will be without gas – Head of the region

Sunday, 6 march 2022, 14:13

Russian troops have damaged the Donetsk-Mariupol main gas pipeline– soon the area from Vuhledar to Berdyansk will be without gas.

Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, in Facebook

Quote: "All villages from Vuhledar to Berdyansk will be without gas soon– the aggressors have damaged the main Donetsk-Mariupol gas pipeline.

In order to eliminate the uncontrolled leakage of natural gas, the specialists of Kramatorsk Linear Production Management of Main Gas Pipelines LLC "Operator Gas Transportation Systems of Ukraine" closed the affected gas pipeline in the area of Vuhledar."

Details: According to Kyrylenko, the pressure in the gas pipeline is currently decreasing. There will be enough gas to last 3 hours. From then on, the villages from Vuhledar to Berdyansk will be without gas.

The Head of the region added that they are currently working to eliminate this problem as soon as possible.