The Slovak state-owned power transmission system operator, Slovak Electricity Transmission System (SEPS), will terminate its contract for providing emergency electricity supplies to its Ukrainian counterpart Ukrenergo, the SEPS CEO announced after the Slovak government approved the move through a resolution (TASR, 04/03/2026).
According to him, emergency supplies refer to electricity deliveries used at specific moments to stabilize Ukraine’s power grid. “This is not electricity used for lighting, heating, cooking, or normal daily activities,” he emphasized.
The state-owned company decided to end the contract with Ukrenergo after the Slovak Prime Minister announced in February that he would halt his country’s emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumed the flow of Russian oil to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline.
- The Druzhba pipeline, which runs from eastern Russia into Central Europe, remains a vital oil source for both Slovakia and Hungary, two countries exempt from EU sanctions on Russian refined oil imports.
Deliveries to Slovakia and Hungary stopped at the end of January 2026. Both governments accuse Ukraine of blocking the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline, while Ukraine claims it was damaged by Russian strikes. Slovakia asserts the pipeline has already been repaired but that Ukraine is keeping it closed to pressure the two countries, which currently oppose Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations (KEI, 24/02/2026).