Reacting to the closure of the Soviet Druzhba pipeline, which has interrupted the transit of Russian oil to Eastern Europe since the end of January, a spokeswoman for the European Commission said on Tuesday 17 February that the “energy security” of EU Member States remained “the absolute priority”.
Stressing that this interruption was due to a recent Russian attack, as part of the war being waged in Ukraine, she indicated that the Commission was in contact with the Ukrainian side to...