Iran’s state media reported on Wednesday that a bulk carrier carrying food supplies and an Iranian crude oil tanker had entered Iranian waters after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, shortly after a senior U.S. military commander declared that a blockade of Iranian ports was now "fully implemented."

Hungary has issued a three-day ultimatum to Ukraine to restore Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, escalating tensions between the two countries.

After a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed on social media X that Ukraine seems uninterested in resuming oil transit to Slovakia.

Georgia has confirmed that it has authorized the transit of an Azerbaijani fuel shipment to Armenia by rail, saying the first delivery will be carried out free of charge, News.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Gas transit through the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) continues only through the Sudzha gas metering station (GMS), the Nord Stream-1 main gas pipeline (MGP) will not operate in the foreseeable future, and the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe MGP is inaccessible to Gazprom, News.Az reports.

Slovakia has initiated talks with Croatia to facilitate the transit of oil from alternative sources through its territory, marking a key move to bolster its energy security.

Croatia is not a reliable country as regards oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia after the suspension of Russian fuel transit, Foreign Minister of Hungary Peter Szijjarto said.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned that Slovakia will cut off diesel supplies to Ukraine if Kyiv does not resume the transit of pipeline oil from Russia’s Lukoil company to Central Europe.

SOCAR, an Azerbaijani oil giant, and KazMunayGaz, a Kazakh national company, discussed increasing the transit volume and trade of Kazakh crude oil through Azerbaijan.

The Polish and Russian pipeline operators, PERN and Transneft respectively, have agreed to ensure the continued transit of Kazakh oil to Germany, News.Az reports citing Reuters.