The European Commission has called an emergency meeting of the Oil Coordination Group for February 25, 2026. The reason was the escalating energy dispute between Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine over the Druzhba oil pipeline, as Logos Press has already written about.
Hungary asked Brussels to facilitate the transfer of Russian seaborne oil through the Adriatic pipeline to Croatia as an alternative route. Zagreb rejected the request.
Electricity and gas could be next
We will remind, on February 18, Hungary and Slovakia stopped diesel fuel supplies to Ukraine, accusing Kiev of deliberately delaying the repair of the damaged section of the Druzhba pipeline and claiming that the delay has political motives.
Hungary and Slovakia have warned that they may extend their measures to electricity and gas supplies if the pipeline is not repaired. The head of the Hungarian prime minister’s office, Gergay Guillas, said on February 19 that the government was considering halting electricity and gas supplies if Kiev did not resume pumping oil.
Hungary accounts for up to 50% of Ukraine’s total electricity imports in February. About a third of Ukraine’s current gas imports also come through Hungary. EU representatives note that blocking gas transit may violate the union’s legislation, as Hungary and Slovakia are transit countries in this case.
