Ukraine sanctions do not threaten oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia: European Commission
Since July 18, due to the strengthening of sanctions on the part of Ukraine, the Russian oil company "Lukoil" has not supplied oil to Hungary.

The European Commission did not identify risks for the supply of oil to Hungary and Slovakia after the introduction of sanctions against Lukoil by Ukraine. About this reported representative of the European Commission, Balash Uzhvari.
He noted that the European Commission discussed with Ukrainian, Hungarian and Slovak officials the issue of stopping the transit of Lukoil oil through Ukraine.
“From the available information and according to the internal analysis of the European Commission, the sanctions imposed by Ukraine against Lukoil do not affect the current transit of oil through the Druzhba pipeline, since Lukoil is not the official owner of this oil,” – said Balash Uzhvari.
The official added that the European Commission plans to receive additional data from Hungary and Slovakia to confirm the preliminary conclusions.
“The services of the European Commission have preliminarily concluded that urgent consultations are not necessary at this stage, as there are no signs of an immediate risk to the security of supply,” – clarified Uzhvari.
As you know, since July 18, due to the strengthening of sanctions on the part of Ukraine, the Russian oil company “Lukoil” stopped supplying oil to Hungary. Sanctions introduced in June effectively prohibited Lukoil from using the territory of Ukraine for oil transit.
Lukoil is one of the key suppliers of oil to Hungary through the southern section of the Druzhba oil pipeline. Despite the imposed sanctions, the European Commission assures that there is currently no threat to the uninterrupted supply of oil to Hungary and Slovakia.