On March 14, the Naftogaz energy corporation and the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a report to ambassadors of 31 countries on the damage to the Druzhba oil pipeline.
This vital route transporting Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia has been suspended since the end of January. The Ukrainian side affirmed that this facility was destroyed by Russia, while Hungary suspects Kiev of intentionally cutting off supply to put political pressure.
At the meeting, Mr. Serhii Koretskyi - CEO of Naftogaz - presented the actual materials collected from the scene of the January 27 attack.
He affirmed that repairs are an extremely complex and dangerous technical procedure, especially when technical teams have to work under the constant firepower of Russia. The report aimed at making the infrastructure situation transparent in the face of false rumors.
Conflicts erupted more strongly when a Hungarian delegation arrived in Kiev on March 12 to carry out an "independent inspection" without the consent of the host country.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán later admitted that his team was banned from accessing the scene, but still declared the mission successful because it forced the Ukrainian side to hold this public hearing.
Hungary has accused Ukraine of taking advantage of the pipeline incident to extort money from Budapest. In response, Hungary is currently blockading the 20th EU sanctions package targeting Russia and a financial aid loan of 90 billion euros (about 107 billion USD) to Kiev.
Representatives of Naftogaz also revealed the scale of Russian devastation to the country's energy industry. Since the beginning of 2026, there have been more than 30 bombings targeting oil and gas facilities, especially in the early morning of March 14, a large-scale missile attack targeted the Kiev area directly.
However, Russia resolutely denied these accusations from Ukraine. The Kremlin affirmed that Moscow has no reason to attack the pipeline that brings in revenue for itself, and accused Kiev of deliberately staging the incident to extort energy from European countries and mobilize more international aid.
