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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 45%(9)Centre 35%(7)Right 20%(4)

Percentages are shares of the 20 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 6 of the 26 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

26 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

Only 4 of the 20 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

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.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 17 Aug 2026, 13:00, and will add the sides that appear.

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

9 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

7 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

4 rated outlets

  • The single right-rated digest, from Korrespondent.net, led on the destruction of equipment and production capacity. It reported that the attacks “resulted in serious destruction of equipment and production capacity, and some of the production was lost.” The digest did not mention the number of attacks since January 2026 or the methods used.

Read it at the source

26 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

9
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Centre

7

Right

4

Not rated

6

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Naftogaz reports 13 Russian attacks on its facilities in one week?
Of the 20 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 45% are rated left, 35% are rated centre, 20% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 26. 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 20 rated outlets on this story, 45% are rated left, 35% 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 26 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?
26 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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