Ukraine hits Russian oil pipeline to Hungary, Slovakia
Ukraine struck the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s central Tambov region, a source in Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence said, as Ukraine’s allies accused Russia of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with US envoys in the Kremlin produced no progress.
This was Ukraine’s fifth attack on the pipeline supplying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, according to Reuters calculations.
Hungary and Slovakia continue to receive energy supplies from Russia despite other European Union countries cutting ties after invading Ukraine in 2022.
Ukrainian media reported that remote-controlled explosives were used in the attack.
Oil supplies through Druzhba are continuing normally, the Slovak pipeline operator and the Hungarian oil and gas company said in a statement later on Wednesday.
Ukraine attacked the pipeline once in March this year, twice in August and once in September.
I was pleased to attend the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting today. I updated Allies on progress in peace efforts, the battlefield situation, steps to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses, and steps to increase pressure on Russia. Russia poses a direct threat not only to Ukraine, but to all countries… pic.twitter.com/aHpvnMA9ZW— Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 (@andrii_sybiha) December 3, 2025
Ukraine says the attacks on energy targets in response to Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine are aimed at undermining Russia’s war effort.
Ukraine and its European allies accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of feigning interest in peace efforts after seemingly unproductive talks in the Kremlin.
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Russian leader “must put an end to the bloodshed and be prepared to come to the table and support a just and lasting peace.”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on Putin to “stop wasting the world’s time.”
These remarks reflect the high tensions and deep gulf that remains between Russia on the one hand and Ukraine and its European allies on the other over how to end the war that the Kremlin started by invading its neighbor nearly four years ago.
A Kremlin spokesman on Wednesday said he would not discuss the content of the talks but rejected any suggestion that Putin had rejected the US peace plan for Ukraine.
“The quieter these talks are conducted, the more productive they will be,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after a long meeting between Putin and US negotiators in Moscow on Wednesday. he said.
“We will adhere to this principle and we hope that our US counterparts will also adhere to it,” Peskov said, according to the TASS news agency. he said.
“We are ready to meet as often as necessary to reach a peace agreement,” he said.
Where the peace talks go next depends largely on whether the administration of US President Donald Trump decides to increase pressure on Russia or increase pressure on Ukraine to make concessions.
After the talks, one of Putin’s senior advisers, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters that “a compromise has not been reached so far” on the land issue and that without it the Kremlin “does not see a solution to the crisis.”
With AP and DPA
