Ukraine-Hungary oil pipeline row threatens EU loan
Kyiv and Budapest disagree on how badly damaged a hub in western Ukraine bombed by Russia really is, as its oil flow remains suspended.
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Notable Quotes
""This is a technical issue... Ukraine repairs all of that, but we do not have unlimited resources. We are in a full-scale war, which Hungary decides to ignore for some reason.""
— Heorhy Tykhy , Politician
""The Ukrainians have welcomed and accepted this offer. European experts are available immediately.""
— Ursula von der Leyen , Politician
""I'll be honest, I wouldn't restore it... because it's Russian oil.""
— Volodymyr Zelensky , Politician
"Hungarian Prime Minister maintains close economic and political relations with Moscow."
— Viktor Orban , Politician
""We can say this with a clear conscience: the pipeline itself has not been damaged.""
— Zsolt Hernadi , Executive
Key People
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman.
Ursula von der Leyen is the president of the European Commission.
Prime Minister of Hungary.
President of Ukraine who attended a summit in Yerevan.
CEO of the Hungarian energy company MOL.
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Kyiv and Budapest disagree on how badly damaged a hub in western Ukraine bombed by Russia really is, as its oil flow remains suspended.
Oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia via Russia’s Druzhba pipeline have been halted after a Russian airstrike damaged the conduit on Ukrainian territory, leaving the two landlocked EU states scrambling for alternative routes for Russian crude despite Brussels’ ban on seaborne imports.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Russian oil supplies were temporarily suspended via the Druzhba oil pipeline, a key supply route for much of central Europe, following large-scale Ukrainian drone strikes overnight.
Hungary has blocked the €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of political blackmail and collusion with Brussels. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Ukraine is deliberately halting crude oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, claiming there is no technical reason to stop deliveries.
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