Kremlin describes issues in oil supplies to Slovakia, Hungary via Druzhba pipeline as crisis

MOSCOW. July 19 (Interfax) - There is a crisis in supplies of Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, and there is no dialogue between Moscow and Kiev, which has halted oil transportation, the Kremlin said.

"I don't think that we have a chance to establish contact with Ukrainian companies that provide transit. And besides, the decision was made not at a technical but at a political level, and we have no dialogue there whatsoever," Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday, when asked whether Russia would try to unblock oil transport to Slovakia and Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline at the government level after Ukraine's decision to halt it or whether it would help the countries find alternative delivery routes.

"Indeed, the situation is quite critical for our recipients, but this doesn't depend on us in any way," he said.