Oil Flow to Slovakia and Hungary Halts After Druzhba Damage
A section of the Druzhba crude oil pipeline, Ukraine.
Photographer: John Guillemin/Bloomberg
A Russian air attack late last month damaged Ukraine’s part of oil pipeline Druzhba, halting supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Slovakia’s Economy Ministry.
Sybiha said he preemptively posted photos of the burning pipeline infrastructure from the Jan. 27 attack to counter potential Hungarian claims that Ukraine was responsible for the halt in the flows. Budapest relies on the Druzhba pipeline connecting Hungary with Russia via war-torn Ukraine for most of its oil flows.