At the Druzhba pipeline, leading from Russia and Slovakia, there was another attack on Thursday, namely at the Belarusian borderthe Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic Denisa Saková said the evening on the Facebook social network. According to her, the pumping will soon stop and the extent of the damage is detected, informs TASR.
Due to damage to the transformer station in Russia, oil supplies to Slovakia were also suspended on Monday through the Druzhba pipeline. This was the second damage to the infrastructure within seven days, which, however, resulted in a limitation of the functionality of the pipeline, the Slovak Ministry of Economy said.
On Monday, the Ukrainian army confirmed that it had an attack on the station in the Russian Tambov region, which led to interrupting the transport of oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia. On Tuesday evening the deliveries were renewed.