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Druzhba pipeline

Oil pipeline from Tatarstan, Russia

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The Druzhba pipeline (Russian: нефтепровод «Дружба», Czech: Ropovod Družba), also referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline, is one of the world's longest oil pipelines and one of the largest oil pipeline networks in the world. It began operation in 1964 and remains in operation today. It carries oil over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) from the eastern part of European Russia to points in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany.

📰 Related News (6)

🇺🇸 Hungary accuses Ukraine of 'oil blockade,' deploys soldiers to key energy facilities (2026-02-26)
Hungary has accused Ukraine of disrupting oil supplies it gets from Russia and has stationed troops at critical energy facilities across the country....
🇬🇧 Orbán accuses Ukraine of disrupting oil supplies to Hungary (2026-02-26)
Ukraine says a critical pipeline was closed after Russian strikes....
🇺🇸 Slovakia halts emergency power supplies to Ukraine over Russian oil dispute (2026-02-23)
Slovakia had issued a two-day ultimatum to Ukraine to reopen the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline....
🇬🇧 Russia fires scores of missiles at Ukraine as Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions (2026-02-22)
<p>‘Moscow continues to invest in strikes more than diplomacy,’ says Zelenskyy, as logistics and energy facilities targeted</p><p>Russia has fired sco...
🇺🇸 Hungary says it will block a key EU loan to Ukraine until Russian oil shipments resume (2026-02-21)
Hungary will block a planned 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) European Union loan to Ukraine until the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline ...
🇺🇸 Hungary's foreign minister says country will block key EU loan to Ukraine until Russian oil shipments resume (2026-02-21)
Hungary will block a planned 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) European Union loan to Ukraine until the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline ...

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