A large fire broke out early Friday morning at the Sudzha gas measuring station in Russia’s Kursk region, a key transit point for Russian gas supplies to the European Union, according to Russian media reports.
Officials have not confirmed the cause, but pro-war Russian Telegram channels accuse Ukraine of an attack. Authorities in Kursk have not commented.
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The Sudzha station was the only route for Russian gas supplies to the European Union from May 2022 to 2025. According to the BAZA Telegram channel, in October 2024, it handled 42.4 million cubic meters of gas per day through a pipeline measuring 1,420 millimeters in diameter.
The station came under Ukrainian control in August 2024 during the Kursk operation. As of March 20, Ukraine still controlled the station, according to the DeepState mapping project, even though the city was retaken by Russian forces on March 13.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its forces intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian drones over Kursk on March 21. It also reported detecting 43 drones over Russian territory overnight but did not mention further attacks from Ukraine.
In August 2024, gas prices in Europe rose as fighting near the Sudzha station caused damage, as seen in satellite images.