As Russia pummels Ukraine’s energy systems, Kyiv hopes US gas will fill gap

ENERGY CRISIS HAS PLAYED INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A PEACE DEAL

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Rescue workers try to put out a fire of a residential building burning after a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday

(AP/PTI)

The soil surrounding the gas facility in Ukraine was once pitch-black before it was burned to a rusty red by a massive Russian drone and missile assault.

Scattered remnants of Shahed drones littered the reservoir designated for storing tanks of liquefied propane gas. Nearly a month after the October 30 attack, several tanks lay empty and in ruins.

“It hurts to look at all this (damage) because I saw firsthand (the facility's) establishment, construction and development,’ said Victor, who has worked there for 28 years and who cannot be named in full for security reasons. “But we have, what we have and we must continue to work.”