INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia and Ukraine on Friday accused each other of shelling a gas pumping station in the southwestern Kursk region overnight, days after the
two warring sides agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure.Earlier, the Ukrainian military and Russian pro-war bloggers reported a
strike on the nonfunctioning Sudzha gas pumping and metering station, with images showing a huge fire lighting up the night sky.The General
declined to extend a transit deal at the start of 2025.The town of Sudzha, home to around 5,000 people, was the largest Russian settlement
to be seized by Ukrainian forces during a surprise cross-border incursion last August
Russia said it had regained full control of Sudzha last week.The reported strike on the Sudzha gas station came after Russia and Ukraine
Ministry on Thursday accused Kyiv of violating the ceasefire with an attack on an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region.Later on
said the Russian military would continue to adhere to a 30-day order to stop attacks on energy sites in Ukraine, which President Vladimir
which they are treating as an act of terrorism.
