JSC Ukrtransnafta has declared it is ready to resume oil transit to the European Union, the press service of the company has reported.

"Today, on May 6, 2019, a message has been sent via the dispatching service of Ukrtransnafta about its readiness to resume oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline," the company said in a press release.

As reported, at 21:43 on April 25, 2019 Ukrtransnafta forcedly suspended transit of oil via the Mozyr-Brody trunk oil pipeline. Earlier, on April 19, Belneftekhim Concern announced a sharp deterioration in the quality of oil pumped through the pipeline from Russia.