Since May 1, due to delivery complications, non-odorized gas has been supplied to consumers in the Lugansk region - without a specific smell. Serhiy Gaidai, chairman of the Lugansk Regional State Administration, announced this in a Telegram..

“Kramatorsk Linear Production Department of Main Gas Pipelines informed JSC Luganskgaz about the risks and complications in the delivery of a substance for the odorization of natural gas for consumers.

Therefore, from May 1, consumers in the Lugansk region will be supplied with non-odorized gas,” he said..

A similar situation has developed due to the Russian invasion of the territory of Ukraine..

“Be extremely careful, follow the rules for the safe use of natural gas,” the message says..

An odorant is a substance that is added to a gas to give it a strong, specific odor, mainly a warning, or to determine where it leaks..

To ensure the safety of transportation and use of gas, it is specially given a pungent odor..