New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Ukraine on Sunday it launched an attack on Russia's Bryansk region, striking the Druzhba oil pipeline that acts as a crude supplier to two European countries.

In a statement on the Telegram app, Ukraine's commander of drone forces Robert Brovdi said that the attack had inflicted "comprehensive fire damage" to the crucial oil pipeline, Reuters said in a report.

Livemint could not independently verify the report. Russia has not issued a statement regarding the supposed attack yet.

The transit pipeline supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, which continue to buy energy supplies from Russia, even after other European Union nations cut ties following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Ukraine has said that its at...