“The pumps are working, they turned on at 16:00, reaching the operating pressure mode within 15 minutes,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Earlier it became known that Ukraine confirmed that it had received payment for the transit of oil from Russia through its territory to Hungary and Slovakia.
On August 9, it was reported that Ukrtransnafta had stopped pumping oil through the southern branch of Druzhba.
According to Demin, the reason is that the Russian side cannot make a payment under the conditions of European sanctions.
On August 10, the Hungarian MOL and Slovnaft paid transit fees for transporting oil through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline.
The Russian side also agreed with this decision.