Druzhba Flows Resume as EU Targets Unblocking Ukraine Loan

Oil storage facilities along the Druzhba pipeline near Nelahozeves, Czech Republic.

Photographer: Michal Kamaryt/AP Photo

Oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline from Ukraine have resumed, Hungarian refiner Mol Nyrt. said, a development that’s expected to help unblock crucial European Union aid to Kyiv on Wednesday.

Ukrainian pipeline operator JSC Ukrtransnafta told Mol that the damage caused to the pipeline by a Russian attack in late January had been repaired and that it has already received the first crude oil volumes from Belarus.