Croatia supplies non-Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, European Commission spokeswoman says

Brussels, 25 February (CTK correspondent) - Croatia is transporting non-Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia via the Adria pipeline, a European Commission spokeswoman said today. At present, she said, there is no immediate risk to the security of supply in the European Union. Until recently, Russian oil flowed to both countries through the Druzhba pipeline, but deliveries were interrupted at the end of January. Kyiv says a Russian drone struck part of the pipeline in western Ukraine at the time and that Ukrainians are doing everything they can to repair it. Slovakia and Hungary, by contrast, say Ukraine is responsible for the prolonged outage and that there are no technical obstacles that could prevent the transit of oil.

The current energy market situation was discussed in Brussels today by the so-called Oil Coordination Group. Representatives of EU institutions and member states took part in the meeting.