Hungary: Ukraine keeping Druzhba oil pipeline closed for political reasons and demanding weapons to resume

Hungary will not be intimidated, PM says

In his weekly interview on Kossuth Radio, Prime Minister Orbán issued a stark warning regarding the escalating tensions with Ukraine, labeling the recent cessation of oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline as a direct attack on Hungary’s economic sovereignty.

Hungary: Ukraine keeping Druzhba oil pipeline closed for political reasons and demanding weapons to resume

Ukraine is allegedly keeping the Druzhba oil pipeline shut for political reasons and has not resumed oil shipments to Hungary, according to Budapest, which says there are no technical or physical obstacles to transporting crude. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on his Facebook page that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry summoned Ontal Geyser, the chargé d’affaires at Hungary’s embassy in Kyiv, where, according to Szijjarto, the Ukrainian…