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After the Ukrainian attack, Budapest has said that Russian oil flow to Hungary has been halted.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto stated on Monday that the Russian crude oil flow to Hungary was halted following an attack by Ukraine on a transformer on the Druzhba Pipeline.

The Druzhba Pipeline, which transports Russian crude oil through Belarus and Ukraine and Hungary to Slovakia, is the main route by which Hungary imports its crude oil.

Szijjarto posted on Facebook that he spoke to Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Pavel Sorokin, who informed him that experts are working to restore transformer station. However, it is unclear when deliveries will be resumed.

Szijjarto said, "This latest attack on our energy security is outrageous & unacceptable." He didn't give any information about the time or location of the attack.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces, as well as the Hungarian Oil Company MOL, have not responded to immediate requests for comment. Slovnaft, the refinery in Slovakia that receives Russian crude via the same pipeline, did not respond to requests for comment.

Hungary, unlike many other European Union nations, has maintained close business and political ties with Russia since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Szijjarto declared last year that Druzhba would remain Hungary's pipeline

Primary route for crude oil

imports.

The suspension of oil delivery on Monday follows a temporary stop last week.

Ukraine's military has said

On August 13, its drones struck the Uniecha pumping station located in Russia's Bryansk Region. (Reporting and editing by Andrew Heavens, with additional reporting by Yuliia Dvorakova and Vera Dvorakova from Gdansk)

(source: Reuters)