Kazakhstan will seek contact with Ukraine in order to avoid any repeat of this week's Ukrainian drone strike in southern Russia that hit a pumping station of the main Kazakh oil export pipeline, an official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Kazakhstan is seeking discussions with Ukraine after an attack by its drones on Russian territory affected flows through its important crude export conduit.

An overnight drone attack in the early hours on Monday has halted operations at a key oil pumping station in the south of Russia that enables the flow of oil from Kazakhstan’s three largest western-led oil developments – Tengiz, Kashagan and Kashagan – to Europe and other foreign markets.