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Druzhba pipeline hit as Russian strikes kill civilians
Summary
A look back at 18 August 2025, when a drone attack halted oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia while missiles struck two Ukrainian cities.
What did the war look like on 18 August 2025? Two strands stood out: strikes on Russian territory that reached energy supplies to EU member states, and Russian missile attacks that killed people in Ukrainian cities.
As reported at the time, a Ukrainian drone attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, led to the suspension of Russian oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia. Hungary's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, confirmed the suspension. The incident showed that attacks inside Russia could have effects beyond the battlefield, reaching two countries that received oil through the pipeline.
On the same day, Russian missile strikes killed at least seven people in Kharkiv and three in Zaporizhzhia. The toll placed the day's fighting firmly in the context of continuing attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Taken together, the events of 18 August 2025 illustrated how the war was being fought on several fronts at once: against infrastructure on the Russian side, and against urban areas on the Ukrainian side.
