Ukraine Scrambles for U.S. LNG as Russia Targets Gas Infrastructure

When a swarm of 39 Russian drones attacked a compressor station in southern Ukraine this month, it was a sign of how Russia has shifted the focus of its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The attack came less than two weeks after Ukraine signed a deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan for the first time. The target was critical for importing the fuel from southern Europe along the Trans-Balkan corridor and into the country. It was the latest in a series of attacks on Ukraine’s natural gas infrastructure this year, a sharp…