Ukraine is, again, under pressure from two neighbouring EU members — Hungary and Slovakia. While Hungary has threatened to block a €90-billion EU loan for the war-torn country, Slovakia has warned it would halt emergency electricity supplies. At the core of both tensions lies the Druzhba pipeline, one of the longest pipelines connecting Russia to various parts of Eastern and Central Europe.
The flows from the Druzhba pipeline were halted last month, with Ukraine reasoning that a Russian drone attack had damaged the infrastructure. However, Hungary and Slovakia allege that Ukraine is deliberately delaying the pipeline’s resumption for political reasons.
