SIS: Druzhba Pipeline Not Damaged, Satellite Images Confirm This
5. marca 2026 13:58
Bratislava, 5 March (TASR) – The Slovak Information Service (SIS) claims that no damage occurred to the Druzhba oil pipeline in Ukraine on 27 January that would have prevented the transport of oil to Slovakia and Hungary, TASR was told by SIS spokesperson Natalia Holubova on Thursday.
According to the service, intelligence findings are supported by satellite images from the site of the incident.
SIS claims that the satellite images confirm the relevance of statements by representatives of the Slovak government that the nature of "the halt to oil transit to the territory of Slovakia is not technical but political".
The images were obtained on 21 February and 1 March.
"They also show that since the damage to the fuel tank there have been no changes in the condition of the facility, which means that the Ukrainian side has almost certainly not carried out any repair work, and the area shows no visible signs of attempts to remedy the damage," added Holubova.
Oil from Russia stopped flowing through the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia on 27 January. According to Ukraine, the reason is a Russian attack on pipeline infrastructure in the city of Brody in Lviv Oblast.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) suspect Kiev of political blackmail and interference in Hungary's election campaign. Ukraine rejects the accusation and says it is working to repair the damaged infrastructure.
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