What happened

Russian forces launched at least five ballistic missiles at an unnamed Naftogaz oil-and-gas facility in Poltava Oblast overnight on 22 September. Naftogaz said the site's technological equipment, already taken out of operation after dozens of earlier attacks since 2022, sustained critical damage that made restoration and future operation practically impossible. No employee casualties were reported in the reviewed coverage. Because the company did not name the facility or publish an impact coordinate, the marker represents the Poltava region and does not imply a precise site. This is separate from the same-day Interpipe Steel strike in Dnipro and from the wider multi-region outage reports.

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