Gas pipelines out of service after explosions rock Penza - sources

A series of explosions in the Russian city of Penza on September 8 disabled a single system of main oil pipelines.

As sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told the Interfax-Ukraine agency, at least four explosions rocked Penza at about 4 a.m. As a result, two pipes of the main gas pipeline with a throughput capacity of 2 million barrels per day stopped functioning. In addition, according to a source in Ukrainian intelligence, two more pipes of a gas pipeline of regional importance were damaged.

A few hours after the explosions, in order to hide the true causes of the emergency, information appeared in the local media about alleged "planned exercises" at oil and gas facilities together with emergency and special services. The occupiers called on local residents to remain calm and not to react to information about the explosions in local public forums.

Both affected gas pipelines supported the activities of Russian military facilities involved in the Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine.