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Slovakia threatens to stop electricity to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes piping Russian oil
Slovakia demands Ukraine resume Russian oil transit via Druzhba pipeline or faces a halt to emergency electricity, which supplied twice the 2025 annual volume in January alone, Prime Minister Fico said.
- Hungary and Slovakia threaten to stop key support to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes Russian oil shipments through the Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged in a drone attack on January 27.
- Hungary's Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called Ukraine's refusal to restart oil shipments blackmail and stated Hungary will block a 90-billion-euro EU loan to Ukraine until oil flows resume.
- Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico warned he would order emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine be halted if oil shipments are not restored by Monday.
- Ukraine proposed alternative oil transit routes during pipeline repairs but Hungary and Slovakia accuse Ukraine, without evidence, of deliberately delaying oil supplies.
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Ukraine accuses Hungary and Slovakia of blackmail in Russian oil case.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine advised Hungary and Slovakia to issue ultimatums to Moscow
Kiev condemned the ultimatums of Hungary and Slovakia on the termination of electricity supplies in case of non-resumption of oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
If Ukraine does not resume the transit of oil, he will instruct Slovak companies to stop the supply of electricity, Prime Minister Fico announces.
·Vienna, Austria
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Slovakia accuses Ukraine of not doing enough to restart oil supplies.
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Total News Sources77
Leaning Left12Leaning Right9Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left
43% Left
L 43%
C 25%
R 32%
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