Russia stopped supplying oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline

Russia has stopped supplying oil through the northern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, which runs to Poland. Daniel Obajtek, head of refinery company PKN Orlen, announced the news on Twitter. He said this would not affect supplies to customers, as Poland had recently obtained only a tenth of its crude oil consumption from Russia and would replace those supplies from other sources.

As part of anti-Russian sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine, a ban on imports of Russian oil into the European Union took effect last December. Imports via the Druzhba pipeline, whose southern branch runs through Ukraine to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, are exempt from the embargo.