Kiev had suspended deliveries of Russian crude since January, causing a rift with EU members Hungary and Slovakia Ukraine has restarted the flow of Russian oil to the EU via the Druzhba pipeline after a pause of almost three months, Hungarian energy giant MOL has said. The company said in a statement that Ukrainian operator JSC Ukrtransnafta has informed it that Ukraine began receiving crude from Belarus via the Druzhba pipeline system at noon on Wednesday. According to MOL, it expects the first shipments of Russian oil to arrive in Hungary and Slovakia on Thursday “at the latest.” Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Sakova said in a post on Facebook that Bratislava has also been contacted by Ukrtransnafta and that Slovakia should begin receiving crude via the Druzhba again on Thursday morning. She later reported that the flow started at around two hours past midnight on Thursday local time (12:00 AM GMT).…