Ukraine to restart oil flows via Druzhba pipeline, potentially unblocking EU's loan

Ukraine ​will resume pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday, an industry source said, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said repairs were complete and urged the EU to unblock a 90-billion-euro loan halted by an argument over the pipe. A lengthy suspension of oil flows through the pipeline following a Russian attack on a pumping facility in Ukraine in January ​sparked an angry backlash ‌from European Union members Hungary and Slovakia, which remain reliant on Russian oil imports via Druzhba.