This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Belarusian state concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko.
“On June 5, at 23:00, a tanker with 77 thousand tons of Bakken American oil arrived at Klaipeda port and began to unload. Further, oil will be sent by rail to the Novopolotsk Oil Refinery, ”he said.
According to him, for Belarus this is the twelfth tanker supply this year from alternative Russian suppliers.
Earlier, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said that the United States began supplying oil to the Belarusian side.