KIEV, Jan. 19 ??“ UkrTransNafta, Ukraine??™s oil shipment monopoly, resumed oil transit to Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic on Friday after following a brief disruption due to a power outage, an official said.

Oil transit through Ukraine??™s section of Druzhba pipeline was suspended late Thursday after storms in the region had caused a power outage that had led to the disruption of oil supplies.