Pipeline Dispute Shows Central Europe’s Struggle to Cut Ties with Russian Oil

Ukraine Bets Hungary Won’t Retaliate for Pipeline Strikes—or That It Won’t Matter

Tensions between Budapest and Kyiv have continued to escalate after a series of deliberate attacks on the Druzhba (‘Friendship’) oil pipeline, which delivers Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia. Hungarian officials have called the strikes “outrageous and unacceptable,” accusing Ukraine of threatening their national energy security. Gergely Gulyás, chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, called the attacks “violations of national sov…

Hungary Sees Druzhba Oil Pipeline Flows Resuming on Thursday

Russian crude oil shipments to Hungary may resume on Thursday after almost a week of halt following Ukraine’s attack on Druzhba pipeline network.

Pipeline dispute shows Central Europe’s struggle to cut ties with Russian oil

Central Europe has been plunged into fresh energy anxiety after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, igniting a war of words between Kyiv, Budapest and Bratislava.

Ukraine and Hungary in renewed clash over Druzhba oil pipeline

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he plans to write a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump over Ukraine’s strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which carries Russian crude to Hungary and Slovakia. Ukraine continues to target infrastructure on Russia’s Druzhba (“Friendship”) pipeline, which supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. On August 22, after Ukraine’s defense forces again struck pipeline infrastructure—halting Russian oil d…