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Ukraine attacks pipeline that sends Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/ukraine-attacks-pipeline-that-sends-russian-oil-to-hungary-and-slovakiaUkraine attacks pipeline that sends Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia
Hungary’s foreign minister claims missile strike on energy infrastructure is ‘another attempt to drag us into war’
Deborah Cole
Fri 22 Aug 2025 09.11 EDT
Ukraine has hit a key pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline bringing fuel to Europe from Russia, knocking out supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only remaining EU member states still receiving Russian oil.
As Ukraine targets infrastructure crucial to Moscow’s war effort in response to the Russian onslaught, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi, announced the attack on the Unecha pumping station in the Bryansk region.
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Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has refused to join EU partners in backing Kyiv with political, economic and military support. Orbán visited Moscow last year for talks with the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, on a rare trip to Russia by a European leader.
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