Ukraine<\/a> traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia\u2019s Kursk region, just a few hundred meters from their shared border.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe attack on the facility in Sudzha comes just days after the US proposed both sides pause attacks on energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Kyiv had \u201cdeliberately attacked\u201d the station, which has been under Ukrainian control since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moscow claims Ukrainian forces blew up the facility while \u201cretreating from the Kursk region\u201d with the aim of \u201cdiscrediting the US president\u2019s peace initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyiv has described those accusations as \u201cgroundless\u201d and claimed they are aimed at discrediting Ukraine and misleading the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndeed, the station has been repeatedly shelled by the Russians themselves,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s General Staff said in a Telegram post on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia struck the same station with missiles as recently as three days ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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