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Russia’s Gazprom Continues Piping Gas to Europe via Ukraine

The logo of Gazprom Germania is pictured at their headquarters, in Berlin, Germany, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
The logo of Gazprom Germania is pictured at their headquarters, in Berlin, Germany, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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Russia’s Gazprom Continues Piping Gas to Europe via Ukraine

The logo of Gazprom Germania is pictured at their headquarters, in Berlin, Germany, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
The logo of Gazprom Germania is pictured at their headquarters, in Berlin, Germany, April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Russian state-owned gas producer Gazprom continued to supply natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Thursday in line with requests from European consumers.

Requests stood at 105.4 million cubic meters for April 7, down from the 108.4 million cubic meters requested on the previous day, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Ukraine's gas pipeline operator.

Reuters reported that the physical flow of Russian gas via the Yamal-Europe pipeline at the German border point of Mallnow reversed eastwards from Poland to Germany on Thursday morning, data from the Gascade pipeline operator showed.

According to the data, physical flows at Mallnow switched from flowing at 74,625 kilowatt-hours per hour (kWh/h) into Germany, to instead flowing east into Poland at 3,027,950 kWh/h) from 0500 GMT.

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Israeli Strike Directly Hit Iran’s Natanz Underground Enrichment Plant, IAEA Says

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran after an Israeli strike Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran after an Israeli strike Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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Israeli Strike Directly Hit Iran’s Natanz Underground Enrichment Plant, IAEA Says

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran after an Israeli strike Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran after an Israeli strike Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

An Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear complex at Natanz directly hit the underground uranium enrichment plant there, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday, revising its assessment after initially reporting it had been hit only indirectly.

Since Israel's launched wide-ranging attacks on Iran on Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency has been providing updates on its assessment of the damage to nuclear sites, although it has not been able to carry out inspections.

The IAEA had previously said an above-ground pilot enrichment plant at Natanz was destroyed but the larger underground plant was not directly hit, although IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday its centrifuges had very likely been badly damaged by a strike on the plant's power supply.

However, on Tuesday it said on X: "Based on continued analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery collected after Friday's attacks, the IAEA has identified additional elements that indicate direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls at Natanz."

It said there was "no change to report" at Iran's two other major nuclear sites, Isfahan and Fordo.

Grossi had said on Monday there was little or no apparent damage at Fordo, where Iran has enriched uranium up to 60%, close to the 90% weapons grade, at a plant dug deep into a mountain.

At the Isfahan nuclear complex, several facilities were destroyed, including Iran's plant that converted uranium into a form into which it could be fed into centrifuges for enrichment, the IAEA has reported.