MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir

Putin suggested on Wednesday that a Ukrainian drone attack on

the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pumping station in

southern Russia might have been coordinated with its Western

allies.

Putin said that he believed Ukraine could not have organised

such an attack on its own and was likely provided with Western

intelligence.

"Attacks of this kind are impossible without space

reconnaissance. Ukraine receives high-precision data on the

targets only from its Western allies," Putin said.

A drone strike hit a pumping station on the oil pipeline in

Russia on Monday, reducing flows from Kazakhstan to world

markets pumped by Western firms including Chevron ( CVX ) and

Exxon Mobil ( XOM ).

Putin said the incident would affect global energy markets

and that restoring the facility quickly would be challenging.

"The strike on such a facility... would have an impact on

the world's energy markets. First of all because unfortunately

it is impossible to quickly restore this facility due to the

fact that Western equipment is present there, and Western

equipment has been damaged," Putin said, mentioning the Western

sanctions prohibiting the supply of oil and gas equipment.