MOSCOW, February 3. /TASS/. The Druzhba oil pipeline is operating as usual and the Transneft oil pipeline operator has no information about attacks on the oil pipeline infrastructure in the last 24 hours, Transneft spokesman Igor Dyomin told TASS.
Earlier, the Mash Telegram channel reported that the Ukrainian armed forces allegedly attacked the infrastructure of the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region with four HIMARS missiles, which were shot down by the Russian Pantsir air defense system. According to Mash, the attack was allegedly aimed at oil tanks, a linear control station and the Druzhba oil pipeline.
"We know nothing about any attacks on our facilities over the past 24 hours. As for the Druzhba oil pipeline, it is operating as usual. If we talk about the Mash report, it also contains factual errors - supplies to Europe are not bypassing Ukraine, but go through Ukraine. Transit goes through the territory of Belarus, Ukraine, and then to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Bypassing Ukraine, you can pump to Poland," Dyomin said.
On February 1, Dyomin told TASS about an attempt to shell the Novozybkov oil pumping station in the Bryansk region on the evening of January 31. There were no casualties as a result of a shell hitting the territory of the station, the Druzhba oil pipeline continued to operate as usual. Later, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said that Russia could take additional measures to strengthen the security of border fuel and energy facilities to eliminate the mere possibility of shelling from Ukraine.
The Druzhba oil pipeline provides oil supplies to Belarusian refineries and its transit to Europe. The pipeline originates in the Samara region, passes through Bryansk and then branches out into two sections (northern and southern) and passes through Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary.