Slovakia reports Druzhba pipeline supply disruption, expects prompt resumption
Slovakia has reported a disruption to supplies via the Druzhba pipeline but expects them to resume in the coming days. The Slovak Ministry of Economy announced this today, according to Reuters. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Eastern Europe has been interrupted since 27 January as a result of a Russian attack.
Today, the Slovak Ministry of Economy stressed that the disruption to supplies via the Druzhba pipeline does not threaten Slovakia’s energy security. However, it provided no details on how long the outage would last. The disruption also affects neighbouring Hungary, Reuters reports.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó today accused Ukraine of delaying the resumption of supplies. He wrote on Facebook that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had still not authorised the resumption of supplies via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary for political reasons, despite it being technically possible.
The Kremlin today declined to comment on Ukraine’s accusation that a Russian attack had halted supplies. “We don’t have precise information,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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