Ukraine Accepts EU Offer to Fund Repairs to Druzhba Pipeline

The damage to the pipeline has become a source of friction between Kyiv and allies Budapest and Bratislava, with the latter two being importers of Russian oil.The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia at the Hungarian MOL Group’s Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, on May 18, 2022. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters3/18/2026|Updated: 3/18/2026Ukraine has accepted the European Union’s offer of technical support and funding to restore oil flows through the damaged Druzhba pipeline.The Druzhba pipeline is a roughly 2,485-mile artery carrying Russian oil into the landlocked heart of Europe. Damage to the pipeline has disrupted crude oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.