Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Russian ship near major gas pipelines
The ‘Priazovye’ ship was carrying out what Russia’s defence ministry said was "monitoring of the situation and ensuring security along the routes of the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea."
Ukraine attacked in the early hours of Sunday about 300 km south-east of Sevastopol, the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, the defence ministry said.
"The Black Sea Fleet ship ‘Priazovye’ continues to carry out its assigned tasks," the defence ministry said.
Russia and Turkey formally launched TurkStream with capacity of 31.5 billion cubic metres per year in January 2020. The pipeline, which allows Moscow to bypass Ukraine as a transit route to Europe, carries Russian natural gas to southern Europe through the Black Sea and Turkey.
The Blue Stream pipeline delivers Russian gas to Turkey.
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