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Slovakia Confirms Druzhba Oil Flow Resumes After 3-Month Halt
Ukraine completed repairs and Slovakia said 13,500 metric tons of crude are due Thursday, easing a dispute that had blocked EU aid for Kyiv.
- On Thursday, Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Sakova confirmed oil flow through the Druzhba pipeline resumed at 2 a.m., ending a months-long outage affecting Slovakia and Hungary.
- The Druzhba pipeline went offline in late January after a Russian drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure; while Ukraine cited repair needs, Slovakia and Hungary accused Kyiv of deliberately withholding transit.
- Hungary lifted its veto on a €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine, resolving a blockade that had persisted since February.
- Hungary's energy giant MOL reported that the operator of the Ukrainian section, Ukrtransnafta, confirmed crude receipts from Belarus began at noon on Wednesday.
- Unlike most of the EU, Slovakia and Hungary continue to rely on Russian oil and gas despite regional efforts to end energy imports following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Slovakia announced on Thursday that it was receiving Russian oil again after Ukraine repaired the damaged Droujba pipeline during a Russian attack in January. ...
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For almost three months, the Drushba pipeline is out of operation after Russian attacks. Slovakia and Hungary complain about the lack of oil supplies from the Putin empire. But after a lengthy repair, the fossil fuel flows again.
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