Overview
- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he will ask grid operator SEPS to halt emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine on Monday if oil transit via Druzhba is not restored.
- Slovakia remains under an oil-sector state of emergency and has already suspended diesel shipments to Ukraine after disruptions tied to the pipeline.
- Hungary has signaled it could stop electricity and gas exports and has linked support for an EU €90 billion loan to the resumption of Russian oil transit.
- Ukraine’s foreign ministry condemned the ultimatums, informed the European Commission and the Slovak and Hungarian governments about the damage, and proposed non‑Russian supply routes while weighing an Association Agreement early‑warning move.
- Naftogaz confirmed an attack on its infrastructure affecting Druzhba, and former Slovak officials questioned whether Bratislava can legally order a unilateral electricity export ban.