Russia Blames Kyiv for Attack on Baltic Gas Terminal

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin on Monday blamed Ukraine for an attack on a gas terminal at the Baltic port of Ust-Luga over the weekend.The facility belonging
to Novatek, Russia's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, was set ablaze on Sunday in the western port town, close to the border with
Estonia."The Kyiv regime continues to show its bestial face
They are striking civilian infrastructure," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday when asked about the incident.The gas
terminal, located in the northwestern Leningrad region, is more than 850 kilometers from Ukraine.The fire was the latest in a series of
including one in the same region where Ust-Luga is located.Both Russia and Ukraine are using explosive-laden drones to attempt to strike
targets deep behind the front lines, and both side's armed forces regularly claim to have shot down enemy aircraft over their territory."The
Defense Ministry and air defense units are taking all necessary measures to protect from such attacks," Peskov told reporters in a briefing
evacuated.