Ukraine Responds to Kazakhstan’s Protest After Strike on CPC Facility

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine issued a response to Kazakhstan’s protest following a Ukrainian strike on a Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) facility in Novorossiysk, where Kazakh oil is shipped.

Kyiv Insists the Strike Was Not Directed at Kazakhstan

Kyiv stated it had taken Kazakhstan’s concerns into account, emphasizing that none of Ukraine’s actions are aimed against Kazakhstan or any other third party. According to MFA spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi, all efforts are focused on countering Russia’s full-scale aggression, and the strike was part of a broader attempt to weaken Russia’s military-industrial capabilities. “Ukraine hits back,” Tykhyi said in his remarks.

The MFA also noted that Kazakhstan did not condemn Russia’s repeated strikes on Ukrainian territory, pointing to recent attacks that left 500,000 Kyiv residents and 100,000 people in Kyiv Region without power on November 28.

Kazakhstan Warns the Strike Damages Relations

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy was the first to respond, calling attacks on civilian critical infrastructure unacceptable. It stressed that the CPC pipeline system is an international energy project, and any military action against it poses risks to global energy security and harms the economic interests of all consortium members, including Kazakhstan. To mitigate the impact, the ministry said Kazakhstan will redirect oil exports through alternative routes.

The following day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan formally protested Kyiv over another targeted attack on CPC infrastructure in the Novorossiysk seaport area, noting that this was the third such incident. The ministry stated that the strike harms Kazakhstan’s relations with Ukraine and expressed expectation that Kyiv would prevent further occurrences.

Ukrainian Strike Damages Loading Equipment for Kazakh Oil

On November 29, Ukrainian forces attacked one of the CPC’s offshore mooring points. Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry confirmed that unmanned boats struck the VPU-2 loading device used for transporting Kazakh crude. The equipment was disabled and will remain out of service until repairs are completed. No casualties occurred, and no oil spill was detected in the Black Sea.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova condemned the strike, calling Ukrainian authorities “an international terrorist neo-Nazi cell that threatens global security” and announced that Russia would raise the issue at international platforms.