{"id":13215,"date":"2026-02-23T21:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13215"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:22:51","slug":"slovakia-halts-emergency-power-supplies-to-ukraine-over-russian-oil-dispute-oil-and-gas-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13215","title":{"rendered":"Slovakia halts emergency power supplies to Ukraine over Russian oil dispute | Oil and Gas News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Slovakia had issued a two-day ultimatum to Ukraine to reopen the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline so that it could receive Russian oil deliveries.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to 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on social media that he would ask state-owned company SEPS to halt emergency supplies of electricity if flows of Russian crude oil via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline crossing Ukraine did not resume.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cAs of today, if the Ukrainian side turns to Slovakia with a request for assistance in stabilising the Ukrainian energy grid, such assistance will not be provided,\u201d Fico said in a video on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian grid operator Ukrenergo said in a statement that it had not been officially informed yet, but that it would \u201cnot affect the situation in the unified power system of Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time Ukraine requested emergency assistance from Slovakia was over a month ago and in a very limited volume,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Fico said the stoppage would be lifted \u201cas soon as the transit of oil to Slovakia is restored\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, we will take further reciprocal steps,\u201d he said, adding his country would also reconsider \u201cits previously constructive positions on Ukraine\u2019s EU membership\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the stalled oil supply was a \u201cpurely political decision aimed at blackmailing Slovakia over its international positions on the war in Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Slovakia and neighbouring Hungary, which have both remained dependent on Russian oil since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, have become increasingly vocal in demanding that Kyiv resume deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline, which was shut down after what Ukraine said was a Russian drone strike hit infrastructure in late January.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine says it is fixing the damage on the pipeline, which still carries Russian oil over Ukrainian territory to Europe, as fast as it can.<\/p>\n<p>Slovakia and Hungary say Ukraine is to blame for the prolonged outage and have declared emergencies over the cut in oil deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>The EU imposed a ban on most oil imports from Russia in 2022, but the Druzhba pipeline was exempted to give landlocked Central European countries time to find alternative oil supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the European Union failed to agree on new sanctions on Russia for the fourth anniversary of Europe\u2019s biggest war since World War II, after Hungary vetoed the move.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s Prime Minister Viktor Orban \u2013 the friendliest EU leader to the Kremlin \u2013 is stalling the sanctions and a 90-billion-euro ($106bn) EU loan to Ukraine until Kyiv reopens the oil pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Fico also said he has refused to \u201cinvolve the Slovak Republic\u201d in the latest EU loan due to Zelenskyy\u2019s \u201cunacceptable behaviour\u201d, alluding to Ukraine\u2019s earlier halting of Russian gas supplies after a five-year-old transit agreement expired on January 1, 2025, which Fico claimed is costing Slovakia \u201cdamages of 500 million [euros; $590m] per year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary and Slovakia have accounted for 68 percent of Ukraine\u2019s imported power this month, according to Kyiv-based consultancy ExPro. 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