Oil supplies to Slovakia via Russia's Druzhba pipeline have resumed and oil is expected to arrive to the country later on Wednesday, Slovak pipeline operator Transpetrol said.

Oil deliveries to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline have had to be suspended temporarily on March 11 due to a Ukrainian drone strike on one of the pipeline’s measuring stations. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said he had spoken to Russia’s deputy prime minister in charge of energy affairs,

The Czech oil refining company Orlen Unipetrol is starting to use the oil from state reserves promised to it by the Czech Cabinet of Ministers in connection with the termination of supplies via the Druzhba pipeline,

The Russian system operator has finished the repairs, enabling crude to flow to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline without disruption, announced Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto. He shared on social media that transportation had resumed following the restoration of damage caused by the drone attack.

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Oil flows into Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline were halted due to technical issues outside Slovakia. According to operator Transpetrol, operations are expected to resume later in the evening. The pipeline halt highlights the vulnerability of cross-border energy infrastructure.

Russia has resumed oil exports to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline after removing the consequences of a UAV attack, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjarto said.

Shipment of crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline resumed on Tuesday afternoon after a suspension following a Ukrainian drone attack on a metering station, said Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto.

A drone attack on a measuring station in Russia has halted oil transportation to Hungary. Budapest called it an attack on its sovereignty, states Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, according to Ujszo.

Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjartosaid Tuesday that Russian oil supplies were temporarily suspended via the Druzhba oil pipeline, a key supply route for much of central Europe, following large-scale Ukrainian drone strikes overnight.