Ukraine Restarts Druzhba Oil Pipeline Flows to Hungary, Slovakia

Ukraine hopes the move will unblock the last hurdle to securing a multi-billion-euro EU loan that has been held up by Hungary’s outgoing nationalist leader Viktor Orban. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied (FILES) This file photo taken on May 05, 2022 shows the receiver station of the Druzhba pipeline of petroleum between Hungary and Russia with a memorial plate of its construction at the Duna (Danube) Refinery of Hungarian MOL Company located near the town of Szazhalombatta, about 30 km south of Budapest. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google Ukraine has restarted oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, with deliveries to Slovakia expected to resume as early as April 23, Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Saková said on Facebook . According to Ukraine’s pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta, pressure in the system began increasing early Wednesday as operators started refilling the section running from Belarus into Ukrainian territory. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “Work to increase pressure and fill the Druzhba oil pipeline on the Ukrainian side began this morning,” Saková wrote. Full transit and supplies to Slovakia are expected to restart by Thursday morning. Ukraine hopes the move will unblock the last hurdle to securing a multi-billion-euro EU loan that has been held up by Hungary’s outgoing nationalist leader Viktor Orban. Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that a section of the Druzhba pipeline damaged in a Russian strike had been repaired, clearing the way for operations to restart. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.