US EditionExplosives found near Serbia-Hungary gas pipeline, leaders say
Leaders said the devices could have disrupted gas supplies and triggered emergency security talks as Serbia and Hungary traded blame.
- On Sunday, Serbian security forces discovered two backpacks containing high-powered explosives and detonators near the Balkan Stream gas pipeline in Kanjiza, successfully defusing the devices without injury.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban convened an emergency defense council after learning of the discovery, citing energy security threats and ongoing disputes with Ukraine over pipeline access.
- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated military and police teams located the explosives just hundreds of meters from the border, vowing to "deal mercilessly with everyone who threatens Serbia's vital infrastructure."
- Ukrainian officials categorically rejected involvement, calling it "most probably, a Russian false-flag operation," while opposition leader Peter Magyar accused Orban of staging the incident to sway voters.
- The discovery intensifies scrutiny days before Hungary's April 12 parliamentary election, where Orban seeks to extend his 16-year grip on power amid trailing polls and energy security concerns.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary's energy security problem had changed the electoral period and that Europe was leading to an extremely serious energy crisis.
Serbia Claims It Thwarted Plot To Bomb Russia-Hungary Gas Pipeline
by Niamh Harris, The Peoples Voice: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that authorities have discovered explosives of “devastating power” planted near a key gas pipeline transporting Russian energy to Hungary. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Vucic said “two large packages of explosives with sticks” were found in the municipality of Kanjiza, around 10 km from the Hungarian border. He […]
Serbia discovers explosives on a pipeline that transports Russian natural gas to Hungary. In Budapest, head of government Viktor Orbán immediately blames Ukraine. But is everything just a campaign trick?
Ukraine was not involved in an attempt to undermine the Turkish flow.
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