We have reached the bottom: The West tried to arrange sabotage against the Blue Stream
Sabotage attempts have already been made against the Blue Stream gas pipeline, the Russian Embassy in Turkey told Izvestia. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin warned about the preparation of bombings of the Black Sea highways, the purpose of which he called the disruption of the peace process. Moscow has officially informed Ankara about these threats, which are of critical importance for the national security of the republic. According to experts, Kiev's attacks on the energy infrastructure of third countries have become a deliberate policy that only joint efforts by Russia and the United States can stop. How Ukraine uses attacks on energy facilities to its advantage is described in the Izvestia article.
Sabotage attempts on the Blue Stream
As the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis progresses, Kiev may seek to disrupt negotiations through sabotage of the strategic infrastructure. The Black Sea gas pipelines were the last to be hit, not only the Turkish Stream, but also the Blue Stream.
"Our detractors have attempted to commit sabotage against the infrastructure of the Turkish Stream and the Blue Stream,— the Russian Embassy in Ankara told Izvestia.
The diplomatic mission stressed that they had brought this information to the Turkish partners in a timely manner. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the FSB board that Moscow had "operational information" about possible bombings of both highways at the bottom of the Black Sea.
Ankara has now reviewed this information, and if necessary, further coordination will be conducted in a closed format, a Turkish government source confirmed to the media. Izvestia sent a request to the Turkish Embassy in Moscow to clarify the details.
Before the appearance of the Blue Stream on the agenda, the most specific episodes of attacks really concerned the infrastructure of the Turkish. In January and March 2025, the Russian authorities reported attempted drone strikes at the Russkaya compressor station in the Krasnodar Territory. Despite the fact that the drones were shot down and supplies were not interrupted, the debris damaged the equipment of the gas measuring station.
The difference between these arteries highlights the scale of the threat. Turkish Stream (31.5 billion cubic meters m per year) supplies gas to both Turkey and Europe, while the Blue Stream (16 billion cubic meters m per year) is a direct route exclusively to the Turkish domestic market. An additional complication is created by the fact that the Blue Stream remains one of the deepest highways in the world (up to 2,150 m), which makes it extremely vulnerable and difficult to restore.
The Turkish Stream originates on the Russian Black Sea coast near Anapa and exits in Turkey at Kyyikey to the receiving terminal. The Blue Stream arrives in Turkey on the northern coast: the underwater part comes ashore in the Durusu area near the city of Samsun, from where the gas continues to flow through the Turkish land highway inland, including in the direction of Ankara.
Kiev's attacks on energy infrastructure
Such risks inevitably force us to compare the situation with the disruption of the Nord Streams. Using their example, it became obvious how difficult it is to achieve justice in cases of sabotage against underwater infrastructure. Sweden stopped the proceedings due to lack of jurisdiction, transferring the materials to Germany, where the investigation continues but faces political obstacles. So, in the fall of 2025, a Polish court refused to extradite a suspected Ukrainian, which was publicly approved by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The loser in this situation was Europe itself, represented by Germany. After a spike in prices and a downturn in industry that led to a recession in 2023, Germany was forced to urgently rebuild imports by relying on Norwegian gas, which turned out to be twice as expensive as Russian gas.
Destructive activity against energy facilities in the region affects not only gas. Since January 27, 2026, oil transit through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline through Ukraine to Slovakia and Hungary has been completely stopped. Kiev attributed this to damage to infrastructure after the Russian strikes, but Moscow denies the charges, calling the situation "energy blackmail."
Bratislava and Budapest also see a political motive in Ukraine's actions, which is why the cessation of supplies is being discussed at the level of the EU leadership. Moreover, when the Charge d'affaires of Hungary in Kiev, Antal Haizer, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, they admitted that the oil pipeline was stopped for political reasons. At least that's what Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
Attacks on the energy infrastructure of third countries have become a systemic line of the Kiev regime, political analyst Yevgeny Mikhailov believes. In his opinion, the public promises of peace conceal the need of Vladimir Zelensky and Britain, which supports him, first of all, to continue the conflict.
This strategy is being implemented everywhere. At the end of November 2025, Ukrainian drones damaged the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near Novorossiysk, which led to a temporary halt in oil loading. The reaction of Kiev's less loyal ally, Washington, to this incident turned out to be harsh: according to Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanyshina, the State Department sent a demarche to Kiev. The concern of the States was caused by the threat to their economic interests. CPC remains a key export route for Kazakh oil produced with the participation of companies from the United States.
In parallel with the threats regarding the operation of pipelines, tankers are increasingly becoming the targets of attacks, and the geography of incidents has come very close to Turkish territorial waters. A series of strikes that started at the end of November 2025 directly affected Ankara's interests: first, the SBU announced the defeat of Kairos and Virat tankers sailing to Novorossiysk by naval drones, and on December 2, Turkey reported a drone attack on the MIDVOLGA-2 ship with a cargo of sunflower oil just 130 km from its coast.
This caused a sharp reaction in Ankara, as the incidents occur in the zone of Turkish interests and pose risks to the safety of civilian shipping. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, commenting on the strikes off the coast, called for "keeping the energy infrastructure out of the war," stressing that underwater highways are also under threat. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the attacks on commercial vessels unacceptable, and the Turkish Foreign Ministry stressed that incidents in the country's exclusive economic zone pose serious threats to navigation, property and the environment.
According to political analyst Yevgeny Mikhailov, only joint efforts by Russia and the United States can stop Kiev in its attempts to destabilize the region's energy market. The expert stressed that Moscow should combine tough opposition on the battlefield with active diplomatic efforts aimed at international isolation of such methods of conflict management.
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