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On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the Ukrainian army had established control over the Sudzha gas hub - a major gas facility involved in the transit of natural gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine, which has continued despite the war. It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU. 

Although this has not been verified by the BBC, Mr Honcharenko's comment was the first confirmation of an incursion into Russian territory by a Ukrainian official. Kyiv had previously not commented on reports of a cross-border attack.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I imagine the distraction is the main goal.

Looking at the map:

  • Russia tried to stretch Ukraine with a distraction near Kharkiv
  • so now Ukraine is trying to stretch Russia with a distraction yet further north

I don’t know what value that region may have to the war effort if either side but this initial attack seemed well targeted

It’ll be interesting to see Europe’s reactions when they turn off the gas flow, and force Europe to stop being hypocrites

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thats most likely the main reason, but they don't get many opportunities like this to slip some people in. It seems like it'd be a waste to not leave behind a team or two to go deeper and gain intel/sabotage things.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

force Europe to stop being hypocrites

Not sure what you mean? This is a proxy war. The objective is to bleed Russia and end up owning a big chunk of Ukrainian assets (or our banks will). But mess with the gas supply of the EU and support is going to turn hard on Ukraine.

It's possibly this is going to turn into a long turn problem between the EU and the Ukraine left bitter by the war. Of course, every crisis is a great opportunity to make money! Even a hypocrisis