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The Lukoil oil transit dispute is an ongoing international relations dispute between Ukraine and the European Union at odds with Hungary and Slovakia regarding the allowance of the pipeline transfer of Russian oil Lukoil through Ukrainian territory. The diplomatic standoff arose when on 24 June 2024, Ukraine tightened sanctions, which were imposed on 21 June 2018, against Lukoil — Russia's largest private oil firm — which included a ban on Lukoil on oil supplies and the assignment of its contractual obligations to supply oil to Hungary and Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline to other companies. Despite the fact that the tightening of sanctions against Lukoil did not affect the volume of oil transit through Ukraine, pro-Russian officials in Hungary and Slovakia complained of a probability energy crisis and economic collapse to the European Commission while threatening to halt military aid shipments, energy, and diesel supplies to Ukraine. However, the European Commission, after examining the situation, saw no reason for concern. The dispute had no legal consequences and turned into demagoguery.