Russia's decision to stop pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia can be considered blackmail. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said this would not bring Kyiv closer to the European Union. X social network.

“If Zelensky thinks that blackmailing Slovakia with oil will bring Ukraine closer to the EU, he is deeply mistaken,” the politician noted.
The Slovak Ministry of Economy announced the damage to the Druzhba and the suspension of oil supplies through the river on February 13. Budapest considered the pumping stoppage a “political blackmail” on the part of Kyiv due to Hungary's opposition to Ukraine joining the EU.
Fico threatened to stop providing electricity to Ukraine
Previously, there was information that Hungary and Slovakia decided to import Russian oil by sea, taking advantage of exceptions from EU sanctions, while supplies through the Druzhba oil pipeline were suspended due to actions by Ukraine.
Previously, it was also reported that the consequences of stopping diesel fuel supplies to Ukraine from two European countries – Hungary and Slovakia – based on current market data, could cause the country's volumes to decrease by about 20%.































