The new strikes of the Russian Federation are aimed at Ukrainian gas production - Prime Minister Shmyhal

New Russian missile strikes on Ukraine are aimed at Ukrainian natural gas production. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal at the Kyiv International Economic Forum on Thursday.

"At the moment, rockets are flying over Kyiv. Currently, they are bombing our gas production, bombing our enterprises in Dnipro, "Pivdenmash", Shmyhal said.

According to ExPro, objects of Ukrgazvydobuvannya JSC have been hit.

As reported by ExPro, Ukraine reduced gas production by 5% in 9 months of 2022 - to almost 14 bcm.