Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe, unblocking EU loan for Kyiv

Reuters — 

Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section ⁠of the Druzhba ​pipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, ⁠officials said, allowing Hungary to lift its veto on a 90 ​billion euro ($105.79 billion) EU loan urgently needed by Kyiv.

The Druzhba pipeline has become one of the most politically charged pieces of infrastructure in Europe since a Russian drone strike damaged the pipeline in western Ukraine and stopped Russian oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia.

Hungarian oil group MOL ⁠said on Wednesday that Ukraine had informed it that deliveries of Russian crude had resumed through the pipeline.

“MOL expects ​the first crude oil…

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