BUDAPEST, April 22. /TASS/. The Hungarian company MOL has been informed by Ukraine that oil flows via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia through Belarus, bringing oil to Hungary and Slovakia, are expected to resume no later than Thursday.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga acknowledged that the main obstacle to the resumption of the Druzhba pipeline was Budapest's blocking of €90 billion in European financing for Kiev.
TASS has compiled the main information on the situation.
- Hungarian company MOL received official notification from the Ukrainian operator of the Druzhba oil pipeline regarding its readiness to resume oil transit from Russia to Hungary and Slovakia.
-JSC Ukrtransnafta, the company responsible for operating the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline, has officially informed MOL that repair works on the Druzhba Pipeline have been completed and that the force majeure conditions in effect since January 27, 2026 ceased as of 6pm on April 21, 2026," MOL said in a statement on its website.
