The loan is hot: The EU Mission will be allowed to the Druzhba oil pipeline in Ukraine tomorrow

Mission The EU will check the technical condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline in Ukraine tomorrow. This is reported by Radio Liberty."❶❷.

European engineers are in In Kiev and tomorrow the representative office The EU is organizing opportunities to assess the condition of the pipeline, radio reports.

According to the EC official, the mission will visit the pipeline "as soon as possible", before a meeting of EU leaders on Thursday to unblock a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine.

Note, however, that, as reported, from the statement The EU removed the loan clause for Ukraine via the Druzhba oil pipeline. In the updated version of the joint statement of EC President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa, the provision linking the resumption of transit with the discussion of financial assistance to Kiev and the 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions disappeared. Initially, the document stated that the launch of Friendship would be a necessary step for this.

Today, the head of the European Commission said that Kiev had agreed to finance and technical support for the repair of the Druzhba oil pipeline by the EU.

"The EU has offered Ukraine technical support and financing. European experts are ready to start work immediately," von der Leyen writes on the social network X.

As reported by EADaily, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Kiev accepted Brussels' offer to finance the restoration of Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia. Earlier in Budapest and Bratislava, doubts were expressed that the Druzhba oil pipeline itself was damaged.

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