A Ukrainian strike on the Unecha oil pumping station in western Russia threatens to halt supplies through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline for at least five days, raising alarm in Hungary and Slovakia over possible fuel shortages. Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar urged the European Commission to guarantee secure energy flows, saying safe supply is impossible without the pipeline. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban framed the strike politically and shared a letter to US President Donald Trump with an apparent handwritten response. Ukraine's military confirmed the strike and a commander posted video of a large blaze.
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar wrote a joint letter to the European Commission urging Brussels to step in and guarantee secure energy flows. The physical and geographical reality is that without this pipeline, the safe supply of our countries is simply not possible, they wrote. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban also made the strike a political issue, releasing a letter he had sent to US President Donald Trump.
Ukraine's military confirmed late on Thursday that it had struck the Unecha facility, describing it as a vital node in Russia's export system. Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's unmanned systems forces, posted a video on Telegram showing a large blaze at an oil depot, though the location could not be independently verified. The strike was the second this week to disrupt oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia, following another halt earlier on Monday and Tuesday.
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