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Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week

Ukraine’s state energy company says strikes caused serious damage and halted production at some sites

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Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week

What this story says

  • Naftogaz facilities were attacked 13 times by Russian forces in the past week, using drones and missiles.
  • The company reported 293 attacks on its infrastructure since the start of 2026, more than double the intensity of previous years.
  • Operations at some sites were halted due to serious damage, leading to a reduction in production volumes.
  • Acting head Sergey Fedorenko said no employees were injured during the attacks.

Who covered it

Left 36%(18)Centre 44%(22)Right 20%(10)

Percentages are shares of the 50 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 9 of the 59 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

76/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

15/100

59 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 10 of the 50 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz reported 13 attacks on its facilities by Russian forces over the past week. The strikes targeted production infrastructure across multiple regions, as confirmed by Naftogaz on 17 August 2026. The company said the attacks caused serious damage, halting operations at some sites and reducing production volumes.

Russian forces used drones and missiles in the strikes. One facility was hit multiple times. Naftogaz said the attacks focused on extraction infrastructure, leading to significant destruction of equipment and production capacity. The company began restoration work as soon as security conditions allowed.

Naftogaz reported 293 attacks on its facilities since the start of 2026. The company said the intensity of attacks had more than doubled compared with previous years. Acting head Sergey Fedorenko said no employees were injured during the strikes, attributing this to strict adherence to safety protocols.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated digests mentioned the 293 attacks on Naftogaz facilities since the start of 2026. None of the centre-rated digests quoted Fedorenko’s statement that no employees were injured. The left-rated reports carried all the verified details.

Coverage settled. We checked this 12 times and stopped on 22 Aug 2026, 23:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

18 rated outlets

  • The five left-rated reports led on the scale and intensity of the attacks. unn.ua quoted Naftogaz’s statement that the intensity of attacks had more than doubled since previous years. The Toronto Star, The Seattle Times, The Independent and Le Monde carried the figure of 293 attacks since January 2026, and all five included the detail that drones and missiles were used.
  • unn.ua’s full report quoted Fedorenko directly: “Thanks to strict adherence to safety protocols, none of the employees were injured during the enemy attacks, and that is the most important thing.” The report also noted that restoration work began as soon as security conditions permitted. The Toronto Star, The Seattle Times and The Independent carried the Associated Press digest, which led on the 13 attacks in the past week and the 293 since January.

Centre

22 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated outlets led on Naftogaz reporting 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in the past week. All seven reports carried the figure and the timeframe. Six of the seven digests included the total of nearly 300 attacks since the start of the year.
  • Devdiscourse and the Associated Press reports, printed in full, stated the strikes targeted production infrastructure, causing halted operations and reduced output. The AP report added that no employees were injured. Both named the regions hit but did not specify them.
  • The AP report quoted Ukrainian officials describing Russia’s strategy as “weaponizing winter” and noted Moscow’s expanded aerial campaign. Devdiscourse did not mention civilian impact or winter tactics. None of the digests included the 17,000 civilian death toll cited by the AP.

Right

10 rated outlets

  • Right-rated outlets led on the number of attacks and the scale of damage. All ten digests reported 13 Russian strikes on Naftogaz facilities in one week and nearly 300 attacks since the start of 2026. They also carried the company’s statement that the strikes caused serious damage to equipment and production capacity.
  • Nine of the ten digests included the method of attack: Russian drones and missiles. None of the digests mentioned specific locations of the facilities or the cost of the damage. The broader context of winter energy supply concerns appeared in one digest.
  • The digests did not quote Ukrainian officials beyond the Naftogaz statement. No civilian casualties or responses from Western governments were reported in these accounts.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week?
Of the 50 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 36% are rated left, 44% are rated centre, 20% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 59. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 50 rated outlets on this story, 36% are rated left, 44% are rated centre, 20% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week biased?
Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week is one event reported by 59 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week?
59 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
How many times has Russia attacked Naftogaz facilities in 2026?
Naftogaz reported 293 attacks on its facilities since the start of 2026. The company said the intensity of attacks had more than doubled compared with previous years, with 13 strikes recorded in the past week alone.
What damage did the recent Russian strikes cause to Naftogaz?
The strikes caused serious damage to production infrastructure and equipment, halting operations at some facilities. Naftogaz said the attacks led to a reduction in production volumes, though no employees were injured.
Which outlets reported the highest number of attacks on Naftogaz?
The left-rated outlets, unn.ua, The Toronto Star, The Seattle Times, The Independent and Le Monde, all reported the figure of 293 attacks since January 2026. The right-rated digest from Korrespondent.net did not mention this number.

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