Russian oil is already arriving in our northern neighbor and Hungary will follow soon, Világgazdaság reported. The Friendship oil pipeline was out of service for about a week due to the Ukrainian attack.
“Oil shipments through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia resumed on Thursday. Hopefully, operations will remain stable and there will be no more attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure,” Denisa Saková, Slovakia’s Minister of Economy, wrote in a Facebook post late Thursday morning.
Denisa Saková’s announcement comes after Russian authorities reported that on August 28 Ukrainian drones had attacked several regions of Russia, causing fires at two oil refineries and a railway junction, according to the Ukrainian news portal Eurointegration.
Following the latest attack, the Hungarian government did not hesitate to respond. In a video message on Thursday, Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, announced that the commander of the military unit responsible for the latest extremely serious attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline had been banned from Hungary and the entire Schengen area. This Ukrainian citizen will not be allowed to enter Hungary or the Schengen area in the coming years.
In response to the latest Ukrainian strike against the Druzhba oil pipeline, the Hungarian government has decided to ban the commander of the military unit responsible from entering Hungary and the entire Schengen Area.
This was an attack on Hungary’s sovereignty, endangering…
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) August 28, 2025
FM Péter Szijjártó made the announcement about the Druzhba oil pipeline after speaking with the Russian Deputy Minister of Energy.
It is shameful that you cherish actions which endanger the energy security of a fellow EU member state. https://t.co/FcbCmmvwMi
— Péter Szijjártó (@FM_Szijjarto) August 28, 2025
“The damage caused by the Ukrainian missile and drone attack on the Druzhba oil pipeline transfer point was so extensive that the restoration work will take several days. We reviewed the situation with Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin over the phone, and it turned out that, thanks to intensive work, a technological solution has been found that will allow oil deliveries to Hungary to resume tomorrow, initially in test mode and in smaller quantities,” FM Péter Szijjártó wrote in his Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon.
Via vg.hu; Featured photo: Pixabay
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