From Dr. Umbach's point of view, the recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are proving effective: “It hurts Russia economically and, to some extent, militarily.” The security expert pointed out that Russia is unwilling to “[...] accept robust Western security guarantees for Ukraine.” At most, Dr. Umbach explained, Russia could conceivably agree to a UN peacekeeping mission to monitor the Russian-Ukrainian front line, although such a mission could be sabotaged at any time by a Russian veto within the UN Security Council.
Dr. Frank Umbach interviewed by WELT on Ukraine's attacks against Russian energy infrastructure Dr. Frank Umbach interviewed by WELT on Ukraine's attacks against Russian energy infrastructure
On August 23rd, security expert Dr. Frank Umbach discussed the background to Ukraine's attack on the Russian Druzhba pipeline in an interview with WELT. On August 18th and 22nd, Ukraine attacked the Druzhba pipeline in western Russia, causing an interruption in Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.
Dr. Frank Umbach on WELT on August 23rd, 2025.
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Dr. Frank Umbach is Head of Research of the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS)