Slovakia announced the termination of oil supplies from the Russian Federation via the Druzhba pipeline

Russian oil supplies to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline have been suspended due to power outages. This was reported on August 18 by the Slovak channel TA3.

"According to our operational information, Russian oil supplies via the Druzhba oil pipeline from Ukraine to Slovakia are being interrupted due to a power outage. Pumping to the Czech Republic was not interrupted due to sufficient operational reserves in Slovakia," said Barbara Puttsova, a representative of the Mero company, quoted by the TV channel.

She also noted that the company is monitoring the situation. Mero is in contact with Transpetrol, the operator of the Slovak part of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

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