What happened

Naftogaz reported that Russian drones and missiles struck its gas-extraction infrastructure 13 times over the preceding week — more than double the six strikes recorded in a comparable week the previous winter, and well before this year's heating season begins — with one asset hit several times across multiple regions. The company said the strikes seriously damaged equipment and production capacity and forced some gas wells offline, though no employees were injured in this week's attacks. Naftogaz said the cumulative total has reached 293 attacks on Naftogaz Group facilities since the start of 2026, and that 37 sites, including 32 Ukrnafta filling stations and five Ukrhazvydobuvannia complexes, have been destroyed in the first seven months of the year; the company also said 312 Naftogaz workers have been killed across the group since 2022. Acting CEO Serhii Fedorenko said the strikes aim to inflict maximum damage on Ukraine's infrastructure ahead of the heating season. Exact facility names and locations were not disclosed in the cited reporting, so the marker is placed at an approximate central-Ukraine reference point rather than a specific site; this is a distinct, later Naftogaz update from the 7 August Ukrnafta record elsewhere on this map, whose 287-attack count this report supersedes.

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