{"id":1365828,"date":"2026-03-05T16:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-eu-is-ready-to-allocate-funding-for-the-repair-of-the-druzhba-and-send-experts-there\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:35:52","slug":"the-eu-is-ready-to-allocate-funding-for-the-repair-of-the-druzhba-and-send-experts-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-eu-is-ready-to-allocate-funding-for-the-repair-of-the-druzhba-and-send-experts-there\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU is ready to allocate funding for the repair of the Druzhba and send experts there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The European Union is considering the option of allocating funding to Ukraine for the repair of the Druzhba oil pipeline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-05\/eu-weighs-aid-to-fix-ukraine-oil-plant-at-center-of-loan-delay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was reported by<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Bloomberg news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This decision may be made because Hungary and Slovakia are threatening to block a multi-billion dollar loan for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia until the pipeline resumes operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In turn, the European Commission proposes to allocate funds through the budget assistance it provides to Ukraine, as well as to send experts for an inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Bloomberg sources, the Druzhba has been damaged about 20 times since the start of the full-scale war. However, after the January attack, which the leaders of Hungary and Slovakia did not acknowledge, it faced serious damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukraine and the EC are currently negotiating to send a European mission to the site to inspect damage to the oil pipeline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Let us remind you <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yes-tysne-na-ukrainu-cherez-naftoprovid-druzhba\/\">that some pro-Ukrainian European states and the European Commission are putting pressure on Ukraine<\/a> through the Druzhba oil pipeline.<\/p>\n<p> As is known, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/orban-pryhrozyv-prypynyty-postachannia-elektroenerhii-do-ukrainy-z-chym-tse-pov-iazano\/\">Orban announced the possible cessation of electricity supplies to Ukraine<\/a> if oil transit through the Druzhba oil pipeline is not resumed. According to him, a significant part of electricity comes to Ukraine from Hungary, and its cessation could have consequences.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/slovachchyna-pohrozhuie-prypynyty-postachannia-elektryky-ukraini\/\">Fico said that he may initiate the termination of emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine<\/a> if oil transit is not restored by Monday, February 23.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/uriad-slovachchyna-pidtrymav-skasuvannia-kontraktu-na-avariyne-postachannia-elektroenerhii-ukraini\/\">the state-owned energy company SEPS announced its intention to terminate the contract with NPC Ukrenergo for emergency electricity supply<\/a> after a corresponding decision by the Slovak government.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union is considering the option of allocating funding to Ukraine for the repair of the Druzhba oil pipeline. This was reported by the Bloomberg news agency. This decision may be made because Hungary and Slovakia are threatening to block a multi-billion dollar loan for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia until the pipeline resumes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1267672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1365828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1267672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}