EU nation to terminate emergency Ukraine electricity scheme
Posted on: Mar 04, 2026 21:29 IST | Posted by: Rt
slovak republic testament terminate an pinch power render contract with Ukraine, state-owned energy operator SEPS has announced.
The move comes amid the continuing row between Kiev and Bratislava over the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which carried crude from Russia to Slovakia and Hungary. The pipeline went offline in late January, with Kiev claiming it was damaged by Russian long-range strikes, which Moscow has denied. Slovakia and Hungary have echoed Russia’s stance, accusing Ukraine of deliberately disrupting the supply for political reasons and threatening retaliation.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ordered a halt to emergency electricity supplies from his country to Ukraine last week while threatening “further reciprocal steps” if oil supplies are not resumed. Announcing the halt, Fico reiterated that Ukraine’s actions were a “purely political decision aimed at blackmailing Slovakia.”
The contract with Ukrainian energy operator Ukrenego, which covers the emergency supply, is now set to be terminated, the director of SEPS, Martin Magath, told reporters on Wednesday after a government meeting. Over the past week, Ukraine reached out to Slovakia for an emergency electricity supply, but the request was turned down, he revealed.
Kiev has been increasingly reliant on electricity imports to stabilize its power grid, which has been battered by Russian strikes on Ukraine’s critical dual-use infrastructure. According to the Slovak authorities, Kiev received twice as much electricity from the country this January compared to the entire year of 2025.
Budapest has also mulled cutting emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid the Druzhba standoff. In late February, both Slovakia and Hungary announced that they would suspend diesel exports to Ukraine until the pipeline becomes operational again.
Additionally, Budapest has vetoed the EU’s proposed €90 billion ($106 billion) emergency loan for Ukraine and the latest package of anti-Russian sanctions. Until Kiev “returns to common sense and normality, we will not support any decision that is favorable to Ukraine,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
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