BUDAPEST, August 27. /TASS/. Oil supplies from Russia to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, which was attacked by Ukraine last week, will resume on Thursday, August 28, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced after a telephone conversation with Russian First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin.
"Ukraine’s latest missile and drone strike on the Druzhba pipeline caused such severe damage that repairs are taking days. Russian First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin informed me that after intensive work a temporary solution was found, so oil deliveries to Hungary can resume tomorrow in test mode at lower volumes," the Foreign Minister wrote on Facebook (banned in Russia, owned by Meta Corporation, recognized as extremist in Russia).
Szijjarto also said that "Hungary’s commercial reserves are sufficient" and "there is no need to use our strategic reserves."
The minister said that Hungary once again calls on Ukraine "to stop attacking the pipeline to Hungary and endangering our energy security."
Szijjarto called it "outrageous that some Hungarian politicians and media defend the Ukrainians who attacked the pipeline," while the European Commission only "keeps on claiming there is "no supply risk."
