European Union experts have arrived in Ukraine to assess the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which closed in January causing a dispute with Hungary that is preventing an EU loan to Kyiv. Hungary and Slovakia have been cut off from Russian oil deliveries via the Druzba since late January following a Russian strike. The EU has offered financial and technical assistance to rebuild the infrastructure assets of the Brody pumping station. However, it has not been disclosed whether these experts will visit the damaged oil pipeline.