Russia plans to resume oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline "as soon as possible" following a strike by Ukraine's defence forces on a pumping station in Unecha, a town in Russia's Bryansk Oblast, but says repairs will take at least five days.

In a Twitter post, Szijjártó said he heard the estimate from Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin. The Russian official also told Szijjártó that this latest attack on the pipeline was “much more serious than previous ones.