“At night in Odessa, the Socar fuel base was finally destroyed,” said the media director of the A-95 Serhij Kujun Consulting Group.
He reminded that it was the second attack of Russian drones on the company's base from Azerbaijan. The previous one took place on August 8. On the same day, a compressor station was attacked in the Odel region, which on August 7 began the transfer of gas to Ukraine.
At the end of July, the Ukrainians reported that they had concluded the first contract with Socar, which is to use the diversity of gas supply sources. Naftohaz did not disclose the volume of the contract. He only stated that they were “small”.
The Monday attack was confirmed by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha. “This is the second Russian attack on the Azeri State Enterprise in recent weeks. Moscow does this on purpose, acting contrary to the interests of Azerbaijan. This once again shows how important it is to strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan, as well as the need to take appropriate diplomatic and legal actions in response to this type of attacks,” he wrote on Platform X.
The Ukrainian Economic Portal Truth wrote that after the previous attack on Socar, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Alijew signed a regulation on the transfer of $ 2 million. assistance to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.
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The economic truth also cited the reports of the Azeri Portal Caliber.az, which said that Azerbaijan may consider the abolition of an embargo for armament supplies for Ukraineif Russia continues the attacks on gas infrastructure, which Azerbaijan gas is sent.
