
Hungary and Slovakia Demand Ukraine Stop Attacks on Russia’s Druzhba Pipeline
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Hungary and Slovakia Demand Ukraine Stop Attacks on Russia’s Druzhba Pipeline
Hungary and Slovakia urge European Commission to stop striking Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline. A drone and missile attack in the Bryansk region halted deliveries early Friday. It is the third such disruption in less than two weeks, the foreign ministries of Hungary and Slovakia say. “This is yet another strike against our country’s energy security. Another attempt to drag us into the war,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó says.
“Within just nine days, the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies oil to Hungary and subsequently Slovakia, has suffered its third incident of damage,” the foreign ministries of Hungary and Slovakia said in a joint statement. “[We] call on the European Commission to immediately ensure that commitments to safeguard the energy security of EU member states are upheld.”
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said the Druzhba pipeline, which supplies both Hungary and Slovakia, was struck in an overnight attack near the Russian-Belarusian border.
“This is yet another strike against our country’s energy security. Another attempt to drag us into the war,” Szijjártó wrote on Facebook. “It will not succeed! We will continue to support every effort toward peace, and we will defend our national interests!”
Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Denisa Saková also said oil deliveries to her country had been disrupted early Friday.
“Another attack on the Druzba pipeline near the Belarusian border. Overloading is about to stop. We are investigating the extent of the damage,” she wrote on Facebook.