Russia suspends oil supplies to Pand via Druzhba pipeline

This was announced on Twitter on Saturday by CEO of Pand’s PKN Orlen, Daniel Obajtek, Ukrinform reports.

"Russia stped the supply of oil to Pand, for which we had been fully prepared. Only 10% of crude oil came from Russia so we will replace it with oil from other sources," Obajtek wrote.

According to RFE/RL, the company imported oil within the framework of the contract with Russia’s Tatneft. The deal was set to expire in December 2024.

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PKN Orlen assures that the company is able to supply its refineries in full by sea, and that the halt of pipeline deliveries will have no impact on the supply of gasine and diesel fuel to customers.

The Druzhba oil pipeline was built to transmit oil from Russia to Central and Western Eure.

The pipe was removed from the EU sanctions list taking into account the interest of nations that have no access to alternative oil supplies. In addition to Pand, the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, and Hungary also used to receive Russian oil through the said main.

As reported, the first four Leard 2 tanks arrived in Ukraine from Pand. The head of the Pish government, Mateusz Morawiecki, formally handed the batch over to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal of Ukraine.