Slovakia

Oil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline have resumed, officials from both countries confirmed late Tuesday, following a temporary halt caused by a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil pumping station in Russia’s Tambov region.

The attack was part of a broader Ukrainian effort to target Russia’s energy infrastructure, a critical source of revenue for Moscow’s war effort. Oil and gas sales make up roughly a quarter of Russia’s state budget, making such strikes strategically significant.

Despite broader EU efforts to reduce reliance on Russian energy, Slovakia and neighboring Hungary have remained dependent on crude supplied through …