Exclusive-Ukraine to restart oil flows via Druzhba on Wednesday afternoon, source says

April 21, 2026 3:15 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is seen at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

KYIV, April ‌21 (Reuters) - ​Ukraine ​will resume pumping oil ‌through the Druzhba pipeline ⁠on Wednesday afternoon, ‌an industry source told ‌Reuters, as Kyiv seeks to unlock ​a 90 billion euro EU ⁠loan it urgently needs.

"Oil pumping ​is scheduled to begin tomorrow at lunchtime," ​the source ‌said, adding that Hungarian oil ⁠firm MOL had made the first ⁠transit application. "MOL has already ​submitted requests for the first volumes, which will go ‌in equal proportions to Hungary ‌and Slovakia."

(Reporting ⁠by Pavel ‌Polityuk; Editing ​by Daniel Flynn and Chizu ‌Nomiyama)



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