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Druzhba Restarts to Hungary, Slovakia After Strike; Kazakhstan Transit Halted

6/4/2026

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The Druzhba pipeline resumed deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia on April 23 after an outage that Ukraine attributes to a Russian air strike.
Russia exported 165,000 barrels per day to the two countries via Druzhba in May, the first full month after the restart.
Kazakhstan’s oil transit on the northern Druzhba branch to Germany has been halted since May because Russia cites technical constraints.

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The Druzhba pipeline resumed deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia on April 23 after an outage that Ukraine attributes to a Russian air strike.
Russia exported 165,000 barrels per day to the two countries via Druzhba in May, the first full month after the restart.
Kazakhstan’s oil transit on the northern Druzhba branch to Germany has been halted since May because Russia cites technical constraints.