Ukraine strikes key Russian pipeline that supplies 33 million tonnes of oil to Europe
Ukraine strikes key Russian pipeline that supplies 33 million tonnes of oil to Europe
AUkrainian rocket has reportedly struck a key Russian oil pipeline that normally sees 33 million tons of oil transit through it on its route from Russia into Europe, bypassing Ukraine. Experts who arrived at the scene said the oil station was left slightly damaged and without electricity. The blast has also reportedly left a funnel with a diameter of 20 metres. It impacted the Tochkoy-U section of the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region of Russia, near the Novozybkov oil pumping station.
There were no reported casualties, although personnel were been evacuated in a timely fashion.
More than 33 million tons of oil pass are said to pass through the Druzbha pipeline into Europe per hour. The system has been dubbed the Friendship Pipeline and is one of the longest in the world.
It carries oil around 4,000 kilometres from the eastern part of European Russia to Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. The system splits in Belarus into a northern and a southern branch. The northern branch continues running via Belarus and Poland to Germany.
The southern branch runs through Ukraine, supplying oil to landlocked Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary, which remain hugely reliant on Russian oil.
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The latest damage caused to the system is not the first time it has taken a hit. Back in November, Russian missile and drone strikes battered part of the system stretching into Ukraine. This temporarily suspended flows.
This also comes after EU countries agreed to set a price cap on Russian oil at $60 (£48.69) per barrel. The EU also introduced an import ban on Russian seaborne crude oil and petroleum products.
However, these landlocked countries still rely on Russian pipeline oil and were exempted from a sanctions package slapped down on Russia for invading Ukraine.
Back when the oil pipeline was last attacked, Hungary's energy supply was significantly impacted as the Druzbha can deliver nearly 8 million tons of oil per year to the nation at maximum capacity. The rocket impact at the power station close to the Belarus border resulted in the temporary suspension of flows into the country, sparking panic in Budapest.
Meanwhile, oil deliveries to Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline were also suspended.
It came as Russia deliberately targeted critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine, attacks which previously resulted in blackouts that have been known to last as long as 24 hours in Kyiv and elsewhere.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that the strikes hitting the pipeline in November caused significant damage to the electricity transmission system.
He said: "Yesterday, the Russians carried out the most massive attack on the energy system of Ukraine, using about 100 missiles, as well as a large number of drones."
In October, fears over the pipeline soared again when Polish pipeline operator PERN said it detected a leak in the system, which later turned out to be the cause of an accident.
Mateusz Berger, Poland's top official responsible for energy infrastructure, told Reuters that there were no grounds to believe the leak was caused by deliberate sabotage.
However, the announcement did raise concerns as it came just two weeks after blasts on two subsea gas pipelines connecting Russia to Germany, Nord Stream 1 and 2, caused vast amounts of gas to pour into the Baltic Sea.
While the West believes Russia was the perpetrator of this attack, widely agreed to be a deliberate act of sabotage, solid evidence linking Moscow to the crime has yet to surface.
Reference: Daily Express: Jacob Paul
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