Gas production facilities in eastern Ukraine "destroyed" by "massive shelling," says state-owned energy firm

BY A STAFF REPORTER: Several gas production facilities in eastern Ukraine were destroyed and others damaged after “massive shelling” on Thursday, according to Ukraine’s state-owned energy firm Naftogaz. “We are currently aware of several destroyed facilities, other ones have suffered damage of varying degrees,” said Naftogaz chairman Oleksii Chernyshov in a statement. Experts were on site to assess the consequences of the attack, he added.