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Gas Pipeline Shutdown Sparks Mystery in Volgograd

12/20/2025

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The Central Asia-Center gas pipeline in Russia's Volgograd region was shut on December 19 due to ground subsidence.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) described the subsidence as a “mysterious” geological event causing the failure.
Emergency services were deployed to document the situation.
The pipeline, which carries up to 12 billion cubic meters annually from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan to Russia, is suspended indefinitely.

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Story summary

The Central Asia-Center gas pipeline in Russia's Volgograd region was shut on December 19 due to ground subsidence.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) described the subsidence as a “mysterious” geological event causing the failure.
Emergency services were deployed to document the situation.
The pipeline, which carries up to 12 billion cubic meters annually from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan to Russia, is suspended indefinitely.