Druzhba pipeline will not be able to operate for at least five days after Ukraine's latest strike - Szijjártó

The latest strike by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the Druzhba pipeline infrastructure has led to its shutdown for at least five days.

This was stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.

According to him, over the past few weeks, the Druzhba pipeline infrastructure has been attacked by Ukraine three times.

As a result of the latest strike, oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia will be stopped for at least five days.

Szijjártó stressed that the Druzhba pipeline is necessary for the energy supply of Hungary and Slovakia. He called the strikes on the pipeline an encroachment on the energy security of both countries.

As a reminder, on August 22, it became known that Hungary and Slovakia appealed to the European Union with a demand to respond to Ukraine's attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline and take measures.

Ukraine's attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline

On the night of August 22, the Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Robert "Magyar" Brovdi stated that Ukrainian UAVs attacked the Unecha oil pumping station, an important infrastructure facility of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

The Ukrainian military carried out a previous strike on the oil pipeline infrastructure on the night of August 19. Then the strike was carried out on the Nikolskoye station in the Tambov Oblast.

In both cases, the strikes led to a temporary stoppage of the Druzhba oil pipeline.