RIA Novosti
MINSK, 22 August (BelTA) - Hungary and Slovakia are calling on the European Commission (EC) to force Ukraine to stop attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which carries oil from Russia to Europe, reads a letter from foreign ministers of the two countries, Peter Szijjarto and Juraj Blanar, to Brussels, TASS reports.
The letter was sent in connection with another attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the infrastructure of the facility. "Without this pipeline, the safe supply of oil to our countries is simply impossible," the ministers noted.
They also informed that, as a result of a new strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the infrastructure of the Druzhba pipeline, oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days.
The letter was sent in connection with another attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the infrastructure of the facility. "Without this pipeline, the safe supply of oil to our countries is simply impossible," the ministers noted.
They also informed that, as a result of a new strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the infrastructure of the Druzhba pipeline, oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days.
Earlier that same day, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated that on the night of 22 August, news came of a new attack on the Druzhba oil pipeline, the third such incident in a short period.
Several days earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out drone strikes on the infrastructure of this facility, which was subsequently repaired by Russian specialists. At that time, oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia were halted for two days.
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