US EditionUkraine accuses Hungary, Slovakia of 'blackmail' over threats to cut electricity
Slovakia and Hungary threaten to cut emergency electricity to Ukraine to force resumption of Russian oil transit halted by a January drone strike, Slovakia supplied 18% of Ukraine’s electricity last month.
- On Feb. 21, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry in Kyiv condemned Hungary's government and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico for ultimatums and blackmail over threats to cut electricity unless Kyiv restarts Russian oil flows.
- Damage to the Druzhba pipeline left Russian oil shipments cut off since January 27 after a Russian drone strike, affecting Hungary and Slovakia, the last two EU states relying on this Soviet-era route.
- Together, Hungary and Slovakia supply roughly half of European emergency electricity exports to Ukraine, with Slovakia providing 18% of Ukrainian imports last month.
- Robert Fico wrote on X that `If oil supplies to Slovakia are not resumed on Monday, I will ask SEPS, the state-owned joint-stock company, to stop emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine`, warning of a two-day deadline.
- Amid intensified attacks, Russian strikes have worsened Ukraine's energy crisis, and Ukraine proposed alternative routes including the Odesa-Brody pipeline, while Wojiech Jakobik warned a Feb. 23 cut would breach market rules.
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Slovak Prime Minister Fico wants to stop emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine if Russian oil does not return to Slovakia through the Drushba pipeline via Ukraine. "Distrust of the EU is growing at a rapid pace," says Fico.
The Ukrainians illegally stopped the transportation of crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia. There will be no fuel shortage, but the Ukrainians will not receive diesel from us either. The Slovaks went further, hardened their positions, and Hungary also took countermeasures. We show what has happened so far!
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister condemned Saturday what he called "ultimates and scandals" by the Hungarian and Slovak governments, after they warned that they would stop electricity supplies to Ukraine if Kievul did not make the transition...
Ukraine accused Hungary and Slovakia of blackmail on Saturday after they threatened to cut off Ukraine's electricity supply if Kiev does not resume the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, the German news agency dpa reported.
Ukraine has accused Hungary and Slovakia of blackmail after they threatened countermeasures if Kiev does not resume the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline. The transit was interrupted on January 27, according to Ukrainian sources, due to Russian attacks.
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