Druzhba pipeline
The Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline is one of the world's longest oil pipelines, transporting crude from western Siberian and Volga-Urals fields across Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Germany. Built during the Soviet era and commissioned in 1964, it remains a key artery for supplying several European refineries. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, deliveries through the southern branch via Ukraine have been disrupted, and several countries have reduced or stopped imports of Russian crude carried by the system under sanctions pressure.
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Ukraine hits Volgograd oil refinery and Samara Transneft hub in overnight drone strikes
On the night of October 2, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck oil infrastructure in Russia's Volgograd and Samara oblasts, hitting the Lukoil-Volgograd oil refinery and the LVDS "Samara" Transneft dispatch station. Ukraine's General Staff confirmed both strikes, and President Volodymyr Zelensky described them as a fair response to Russian escalation. The attacks came despite US pressure on Kyiv to halt strikes on Russian oil facilities.