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 MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. Kiev deliberately blew up the Sudzha gas metering station located a few hundred meters from the border in the Kursk Region just after midnight on March 21, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

TASS has compiled the main information about the incident.

Circumstances of explosion

- On March 21, at about 12:20 a.m. Moscow time (9:20 p.m. GMT on March 20), Kiev deliberately blew up the Sudzha gas metering station through which Russian gas is pumped to Europe, the ministry said.

- The Ukrainian troops used the facility as a secure logistics point while the station was under their control.

- The Russian Defense Ministry called the blowing up of the gas metering station a "deliberate Ukrainian provocation" that should be seen as part of a general series of recent attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure aimed at derailing US President Donald Trump's peace initiatives.

Criminal case

- Investigators have opened a criminal case in connection with the Sudzha gas metering station incident, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS.

- During the preliminary investigation, all those involved in the crime will be identified and brought to justice, Petrenko added.

- The facility suffered significant damage as a result of the explosion.

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