Oil supplies via 'Druzhba' to Slovakia restored

Oil supplies via the 'Druzhba' pipeline to Slovakia have been restored and are proceeding according to plan, announced the country's Minister of Economy, Denisa Saková.

On Wednesday, the minister stated that the restoration of oil supplies, which had been halted by Kyiv, via the 'Druzhba' pipeline to Slovakia was expected on Thursday morning.

'Today, from 02:00, the flow of oil to Slovakia via the 'Druzhba' pipeline has been restored. The supply of oil is proceeding according to plan,' the minister's statement on the social network Facebook said on Thursday.

Ukraine halted the transit of Russian oil via 'Druzhba' through Ukrainian territory to Slovakia and Hungary on January 27, citing damage to the pipeline. Slovak authorities believed that the pipeline was operational and that the suspension of oil supplies was a political decision by the Ukrainian side.

Source: RIA Novosti