In February-March last year, in the first weeks of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the state-owned company Ukrgasdobycha was underground extracting gas in the already occupied territory. This was told by the former. General Director of the company Alexander Romanyuk in an interview with LIGA. net.

" And this is 20 kilometers from the central office of the Shebelinkagazdobych branch. This meant that about 40 of our fields fell under the occupation - with people, transport, drilling and other equipment,"

The company at that time was faced with the task of saving people, helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine and at the same time keeping the production.

“Literally under bullets, our guys refueled military equipment at our gas stations, produced gas in the occupied territories and redirected it to controlled. The boys were taking a big risk.. Unfortunately, some of them paid the price.. When traitors and enemies found them, there were tortures and everything. Thank God we survived. All of them are real heroes,"

Due to the war, the company received about $ 1 billion in losses, including production losses, infrastructure and equipment were destroyed.

" Also, the Russians regularly de-energized them, firing from artillery. The lines that provide electricity to our facilities were known to them for sure. The orcs finally managed to destroy one of the mega-critical facilities for Ukrgasdobycha - the Shebelinsky GPP. Over the summer alone, about 50 mines, shells and missiles flew around the plant. He was 13 km away from the enemy,"

By the beginning of 2023, 13 employees died in the company as a result, ten of them fought in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Recall that on January 6, the Cabinet of Ministers replaced the acting heads of two strategic enterprises of the Naftogaz Group - Ukrgasdobycha and Ukrtransgaz.