Blast at Ukraine gas pipeline said due to bomb, security increased


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  • Wednesday, 18 Jun 2014

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prime minister ordered security to be reinforced on the country's gas pipeline network on Wednesday to prevent sabotage after the interior minister said an explosion at one pipeline had been caused by a bomb.

Tuesday's explosion on a pipeline in Ukraine's Poltava region that carries Russian gas to the rest of Europe came after Moscow cut supplies to Kiev in a long-standing pricing row.

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