Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe, unblocking EU loan for Kyiv | CNN

Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section ⁠of the Druzhba ​pipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, ⁠officials said, allowing Hungary to lift its veto on a 90 ​billion euro ($105.79 billion) EU loan urgently needed by Kyiv. The Druzhba pipeline has become one of the most politically charged pieces of infrastructure in Europe since a Russian drone strike damaged the pipeline in western Ukraine and stopped Russian oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia. Hungarian oil group MOL ⁠said on Wednesday that Ukraine had informed it that deliveries of Russian crude had resumed through the pipeline. “MOL expects ​the first crude oil shipments following the restart of the Ukrainian section of the pipeline system to arrive in Hungary and Slovakia by tomorrow at the latest,” ⁠it said in a statement. Viktor Orbán built a ‘propaganda machine.’ Hungary’s next leader must dismantle it Pumping began at 5:35 a.m. ET, an industry source said, asking not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Shortly afterwards, EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels approved the loan. The European Union’s 27 member states are now expected to formally sign