US EditionKazakhstan Protests Ukrainian Drone Strike on Black Sea Oil Terminal
Kazakhstan condemned Ukraine's third strike on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, which handles 80% of Kazakh oil exports, and called for prevention of future attacks.
- The Caspian Pipeline Consortium said on Saturday that a Ukrainian naval drone strike at the Novorossiysk port, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation, significantly damaged a mooring and halted operations.
- Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to Kyiv, calling the strike a deliberate attack that harms bilateral ties and saying, `This incident marks the third act of aggression against an exclusively civilian facility whose operation is safeguarded by norms of international law.`
- The portable berthing device VPU-2 was put out of operation and needs full restoration, while Kazakh reports describe the attack as carried out by unmanned boats.
- The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan said it has stepped up redirecting oil exports to alternative routes to maintain production rates at large Kazakh oil fields and ensure stable supplies.
- While the consortium is internationally significant, Ukrainian Armed Forces did not confirm the November 29 attacks; the Caspian Pipeline Consortium handles more than 1% of global oil and involves Western shareholders.
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