Ukraine halts Russian oil supply to EU

 

Crude transit through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline has been stopped, RIA Novosti news agency reports

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Ukraine’s state oil pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta has stopped pumping Russian crude through the southern branch of the Druzhba system to the EU, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday, citing Russia’s Transneft.

According to the report, transit supplies have been halted to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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