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. Shipment of crude oil via the Soviet-built Druzhba pipeline Hungary,

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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.

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,

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.

Payment issues linked to U.S. sanctions on Russia were behind the latest halt in oil supplies by Russia to the Czech Republic via the Druzhba pipeline, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.