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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Deborah Cole

Ukraine attacks pipeline that sends Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia

A satellite image shows an oil pumping station, part of Druzhba pipeline infrastructure, struck by drones according to Ukraine's military
The Soviet-era pipeline, which runs through Belarus and Ukraine, has reportedly been struck by Himars missiles and drones. Photograph: Maxar Technologies/Reuters

Ukraine has hit a key pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline bringing fuel to Europe from Russia, knocking out supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only remaining EU member states still receiving Russian oil.

As Ukraine targets infrastructure crucial to Moscow’s war effort in response to the Russian onslaught, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi, announced the attack on the Unecha pumping station in the Bryansk region.

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