US EditionUkraine accuses Hungary, Slovakia of 'blackmail' over threats to cut electricity
Slovakia and Hungary demand Ukraine restart Russian oil flows via Druzhba pipeline, threatening to cut emergency electricity supplying 17% of Ukraine's imports, officials said.
- 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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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.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemned Saturday what it described as "ultimate and holy" by the Hungarian and Slovak governments, after they threatened that they would stop supplying electricity to...
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