“As far as we know, the shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline was caused by a technical problem.
The Hungarian side is also trying to petition for the situation to be resolved and supplies to be resumed as soon as possible, ”RIA Novosti quotes the press service.
They also added that at the moment there are enough oil reserves in the country.
Earlier, the press secretary, adviser to the president of Transneft, Igor Dyomin, said that Ukrtransnafta had stopped the pumping of oil through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline system to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Later, the Hungarian oil and gas company MOL confirmed that oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline had been stopped.
Leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with PolitExpert, commented on the situation in the EU energy industry.