European experts who arrived in Kyiv on March 18 to assess the time and cost of restoring the Druzhba oil pipeline damaged by the Russian attack have still not received permission from the Ukrainian side for inspection. Suspilne reports this with reference to sources..

The publication's interlocutor said that the Ukrainian authorities wanted to allow visitors to inspect the pipeline on the eve of the EU summit in order to lift Hungary's veto on the allocation of a loan from the EU of 90 billion euros to Kyiv. However, the summit took place on March 19, Budapest left the veto in force, so now Kyiv sees no point in allowing European experts to check.

Let us recall that on March 17, the European Union offered Ukraine technical support and financing for the repair of the Druzhba oil pipeline. Kyiv accepted the offer.

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Earlier, President Vladimir Zelensky, in a response to the EU leadership, said that it would take about a month and a half to restore oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline if there were no new Russian attacks. He explained that his injuries were quite serious..

United Russia President Antonio Costa positively assessed Ukraine's promise to repair the Druzhba oil pipeline in six weeks, that is, a month and a half.