Hungary, Slovakia and Druzhba
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The Slovak Spectator on MSNNews digest: Slovakia and Hungary protest halt to drone-hit Russian oil supplies
Friday, August 22edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in a few minutes. Slovakia and Hungary turn on Kyiv over Druzhba attacks Slovakia and Hungary have sent a joint letter to the European Commission protesting attacks by Ukrainian forces on the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia,
Ukraine has struck the Druzhba pipeline’s Unecha pumping station for the second time in a week, halting Russian crude deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia and triggering renewed tensions over Central Europe’s energy security.
Oil is once again flowing to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, officials from both countries said late on Tuesday, after a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil pumping station in Russia's Tambov region halted supplies.
Ukraine attacked the Druzhba pipeline for the third time, halting oil deliveries to Slovakia and Hungary. The European Commission has not reacted so far, but US President Donald Trump said he was very angry.
Repeated Ukrainian military strikes on infrastructure have underscored Hungary’s heavy dependence on Druzhba. Currently, 58 percent of the country’s oil — about 5.7 million tons annually — arrives via the line to the refineries in Szazhalombatta and Bratislava.
President Trump wrote he is “very angry” at Ukraine after it bombed the Druzhba pipeline that supplies Hungary with oil. Ukraine bombed the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia, according to