“The first liters of oil through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline entered the territory of Slovakia,” Molnar said.

According to him, on the morning of Thursday, August 11, oil is expected at the Slovnaft plant in Bratislava.

Earlier it became known that Transneft had begun resuming the pumping of oil through the southern branch of Druzhba.

On August 9, it was reported about the suspension of transit due to the inability of Russia to pay due to the imposed sanctions.