Ukraine called on its allies on Wednesday to help it import more natural gas as it moved to increase gas imports by a third to 22.6 million cubic meters following a series of Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian gas facilities.

Ukrainian natural gas production facilities were damaged in a Russian attack on Ukraine's central Poltava region overnight, the state-run oil and gas firm Naftogaz and Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Tuesday.

DTEK, Ukraine's largest energy company, reports that its gas production facility in Poltava Oblast was hit by a missile attack on 11 February. Source: press service of DTEK Quote: "The facility is out of operation.

The bombardment took place as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading to the Munich Security Conference, where he is expected to meet with top U.S. officials.

In a recent escalation of the conflict, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine's central Poltava region, damaging gas production facilities.

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian natural gas production facilities were damaged in a Russian attack on Ukraine's central Poltava region overnight, the state-run oil and gas firm Naftogaz and Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Tuesday.

The Russian attack in Poltava Oblast has damaged production facilities of the Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest national oil and gas company. Experts are working to restore and stabilise the gas supply in the oblast.