The pumping began again on the evening of August 19, he pointed out. Siyyarto said that he thanked the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Pavel Sorokin.
“We expect that Ukraine will not make another attack on the pipeline, which is of critical importance for the energy supply of our country. This war is not our war, we must be outside it,” the post says.
Pravda.sk, with reference to the agentsvo agents, writes that Slovakia again receives Russian oil in “friendship”.
This was stated by the state -owned company Transpetrol and confirmed the country's Minister of Economics Denis Sakov. According to her, “the flow of oil in Slovakia is currently standard.”
According to Russian “Kommersant”in August, Hungary and Slovakia should import about 150 thousand barrels of Russian oil per day, this is 60% of the total consumption of these countries. Sources of the publication believe that it is possible to find alternative volumes for purchase, but it will be more expensive.
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the day before said that the defense forces on the night of August 18 Draw a blow to the oil pumping station “Nikolskoye” in the Tambov region of the Russian Federation, after which the pumping of the Druzhba oil pipeline was completely stopped.
The Slovak department did not mention Ukraine in its message as This was done in Hungarywhich is also dependent on the supply of Russian oil for “friendship”. On August 18, the Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Siyyarto accused Ukraine of stopping oil supplies for the oil pipeline due to the “outrageous and unacceptable attack” for “friendship” from Ukraine.
