Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said today that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refuses to allow external inspections of the damage to the Druzhba oil pipeline. Fico said he had the “clear impression” that Kiev has no interest in resuming oil transit, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Hungary and Slovakia have been without Russian oil supplies through this pipeline since the end of January and blame Ukraine for the prolonged interruption. Zelensky said that repairs after a Russian drone attack will take time.