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Video. Watch: 'Friendship' pipeline is tearing Europe apart — but why?

Updated: 25/02/2026 - 9:42 GMT+1

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union built one of the longest oil pipelines in the world to supply Warsaw Pact states. It was called Druzhba, which translates to "friendship." Right now, that friendship pipeline is tearing Europe apart.

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