Hungary had previously threatened to withhold a €90 billion emergency loan to Ukraine unless the damaged pipeline was repaired.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut off emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine, demanding that Russian oil be delivered to Slovakia by Monday via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline crossing.
He said that bilateral relations cannot be developed to benefit only Ukraine. On Saturday, he wrote on the social media platform X, “If the Ukrainian president does not resume oil supplies by Monday, on the same day I will instruct the relevant Slovak companies to stop emergency electricity supplies.”
The Druzhba pipeline has been cut off for almost a month. Kiev has said that the pipeline was damaged by a Russian drone attack. Similarly, Russia has accused Ukraine of such an attack. The pipeline delivers crude oil from Russia to Ukraine to various countries. “The Ukrainian president refuses to understand our pacifist approach and treats Slovakia with hostility because we do not support war,” he wrote.
Hungary had previously threatened to withhold an emergency loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine until the damaged pipeline is repaired.
Both Slovakia and Hungary have been using Russian oil . They have very good relations with Moscow . The Russian attack has caused great damage to Ukraine's energy sector . As a result, Ukraine is exporting emergency electricity from Slovakia .
