Medusa states that it was supposed to be an attack and someone tried to blow up part of the pipeline.
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However, the pipeline itself should not have been damaged, Baza said, referring to Russian state media. Smaller craters remained in place after the explosions. It is not clear how the explosions occurred.
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According to the Russian company Transneft, which operates the pipeline network, Druzhba operates. “The Druzhba pipeline is operating in normal mode. Oil transportation continues according to schedule both via Belarus to Poland and to Central Europe via Ukraine. There were no outages in deliveries, “company spokesman Igor Ďomin told TASS.
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TASS added that Druzhba provides oil supplies to Belarusian refineries and transports oil to Europe. It leads from the Samara region and behind Bryansk is divided into two branches, northern and southern, which run through Belarus, Poland and Germany and through Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czechia.
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Transneft states that Druzhba’s oil exports reached 35.9 million tons last year, and in February the company announced plans to increase Druzhba’s transportation to 45.5 million tons.
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At the beginning of June, the European Union approved a new, sixth package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, while the package included the imposition of a partial embargo on Russian oil imports.
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However, deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline were temporarily exempted from the embargo. This happened at the request of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, which are supplied through Druzhba.
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