Ukraine uses Russian oil refined in Hungary and Türkiye to power its Western-supplied tanks and diesel generators, the German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday.
Hungary’s oil and gas giant MOL has “doubled its sales to Ukraine in the past six months,” the business daily noted, citing Ukrainian customs officials. “Since MOL sources a large proportion of oil from Russia, Ukraine’s war machine should now be primarily fueled with it,” Handelsblatt concluded.
Though Hungary is a member of the EU, Budapest has secured a special waiver on importing crude oil from Russia via pipelines. Thereby unaffected by the bloc’s sanctions against Moscow, MOL can offer Kiev lower prices on refined petroleum products than many EU companies, who are losing market share in Ukraine as a result, according to the German outlet.
Prior to the current hostilities, Ukraine was able to cover about 30% of domestic needs with the Kremenchug refinery in the Poltava Region, which processed imports from Azerbaijan. It was reported “severely damaged” by Russian missile strikes in April 2022, and has managed to restore only limited capacity by now.
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