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Pipeline dispute shows Central Europe’s struggle to cut ties with Russian oil

The refinery plant at the receiving station of the oil pipeline Druzhba in Szazhalombatta, 30km south of Budapest. AFP - ATTILA KISBENEDEK

Central Europe has been plunged into fresh energy anxiety after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, igniting a war of words between Kyiv, Budapest and Bratislava.

In 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Union imposed a ban on most oil imports from Russia.

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