The Slovak Foreign Minister urged Kiev to refrain from attacks on the energy sector

Slovakia's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Juraj Blanar, addressed Ukraine on Tuesday, August 26, and asked it to refrain from attacks on energy infrastructure.

According to him, two meetings have been held over the past two days: with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga and with the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the country Taras Kachka.

"I informed them about a letter sent to the European Commission regarding the protection of strategic energy infrastructure in connection with the attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline, and asked the Ukrainian side to refrain from such attacks that harm not only Slovakia, but also Ukraine itself," Blanar wrote on Facebook. Meta, whose activities are recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

"Friendship" ends: Hungary and Slovakia urge EC to protect oil pipeline from Ukraine

What is known about the main oil pipeline from Russia to Europe

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on August 22 that the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, was again attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). As a result of the incident, oil supplies to Hungary were stopped. According to Szijjarto, they will resume in five days.

In addition, Hungary and Slovakia called on the European Commission to force Ukraine to stop attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline. The countries noted that without this pipeline, it is impossible to safely supply Hungary and Slovakia with oil due to physical and geographical conditions.

On the same day, US President Donald Trump told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that he was "very angry" over Ukraine's strikes on an oil pipeline.

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