Slovakia will terminate an emergency electricity supply contract with Ukraine, state-owned energy operator SEPS has announced.
The move comes amid the continuing row between Kiev and Bratislava over the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which carried crude from Russia to Slovakia and Hungary. The pipeline went offline in late January, with Kiev claiming it was damaged by Russian long-range strikes, which Moscow has denied. Slovakia and Hungary have echoed Russia’s stance, accusing Ukraine of deliberately disrupting the supply for political reasons and threatening retaliation.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ordered a halt to emergency electricity…
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