Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked European countries whether they “collectively decided” to restore Russian oil exports, as Kyiv has come under pressure to restart a pipeline in order for a €90bn EU loan to Kyiv to be unblocked.
The Russia-friendly governments of Hungary and Slovakia have been holding up the loan, arguing that the Ukrainian president has been refusing to repair the Druzhba pipeline, which is critical to their energy supplies and was hit by Russian strikes in January.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Zelenskyy said he told France’s President Emmanuel Macron that pipeline repairs were “the second question”. “The first question is whether everyone has collectively decided to restore exports of Russian oil,” Zelenskyy said.
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