a terrorist explosion damaged the pipeline in rozhniativ district in ivano-frankivsk oblast in may 2014. according to the russian government owned radio station voice of russia terrorist threats against the pipeline were made by right sector leader dmytro yarosh in march 2014. another section of the pipeline exploded in the poltava region on june 17, 2014, one day after russia limited the supply of gas to ukrainian customers due to non-payment. ukraine's interior minister arsen avakov said the next day, that the explosion had been caused by a bomb.