Siarto wrote on Facebook (which is banned in Russia due to extremist activities), “Energy sources should not be replaced but added to. This is the meaning of diversifying energy sources. The more resources, the more security… Russian resources will remain, and we will add new resources.”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated on Sunday that the new Ukrainian attack did not affect the operation of the “Druzhba” oil pipeline or the oil supplies from Russia to Hungary.
Last Sunday, the commander of the drone forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Robert Brovdi, who was barred by Hungarian authorities from entering the Schengen area for organizing the attacks on “Druzhba,” claimed that Ukrainian forces had damaged a pumping station in the Bryansk region.
On August 22, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced that oil supplies via the “Druzhba” pipeline to Hungary had stopped for the third time recently due to the Ukrainian attack. The Hungarian Foreign Minister stated that supplies through the “Druzhba” pipeline would resume on August 28 on a trial basis and not at full capacity.
