Russia’s Gazprom Continues Gas Exports 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 Gas Exports 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 Tuesday at the pace of 74.6 million cubic meters per day, in accordance with requests from European consumers, the company said.

This was in line with the 74.5 mcm reported earlier by Interfax news agency, which cited Ukraine's gas pipeline operator.

On April 10, requests stood at 79.6 million cubic meters (mcm), which was slightly higher than the 78.3 mcm requested a day earlier.



Russia Says It Downed 36 Ukraine-Launched Drones over Several Russian Regions

Ukrainian soldiers carry shells to fire at Russian positions on the front line, near the city of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on March 25, 2024. (AP)
Ukrainian soldiers carry shells to fire at Russian positions on the front line, near the city of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on March 25, 2024. (AP)
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Russia Says It Downed 36 Ukraine-Launched Drones over Several Russian Regions

Ukrainian soldiers carry shells to fire at Russian positions on the front line, near the city of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on March 25, 2024. (AP)
Ukrainian soldiers carry shells to fire at Russian positions on the front line, near the city of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on March 25, 2024. (AP)

Russia's air defense systems destroyed 36 drones that Ukraine launched overnight targeting several regions in Russia's southwest, the Russian defense ministry said on Sunday.

Fifteen drones were destroyed over the Kursk region that borders Ukraine and nine over the Lipetsk region, several hundred kilometers south of Moscow, the defense ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.

Four drones were destroyed each over the Voronezh and Bryansk regions in southwestern Russia and two each over the nearby Oryol and Belgorod regions.

The governors of the Lipetsk and Bryansk regions said on their Telegram channels that there were no injuries or extensive damage as a result of the attacks.

Russian officials often do not disclose the full extent of damage inflicted by Ukrainian attacks.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

Kyiv has said attacks on Russia's military, transport and energy infrastructure are in response to Moscow's attacks on Ukraine's territory since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.