On January 11, Kiev attempted to attack a station in Kuban, Russia, which supplies gas to EUROPE via the Turkish Stream pipeline, from Russia to Turkey. Ukraine used 9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) in order to stop gas supplies to Europe.
During the repulse of the attack, air defense units from Russia shot down all the UAVs, thereby preserving natural gas flow from Russia to Europe as the world enters its coldest period of Winter, and relies upon Russian gas to heat homes.