US EditionUkraine accuses Hungary, Slovakia of 'blackmail' over threats to cut electricity
Hungary and Slovakia threaten to cut emergency electricity to Ukraine unless Russian oil transit resumes, with Slovakia supplying 17% of Ukraine’s electricity 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 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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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalls that Ukraine has very formal mechanisms for cooperation with the EU.
Slovakia and Hungary accuse Ukraine of deliberately not pumping Russian oil through the Drushba line. They threaten to block electricity and EU aid. Kiev rejects the allegations - and speaks of blackmail.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha describes threats from Budapest and Bratislava that Ukraine will now stop supplying electricity after the Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure, as irresponsible.
Ukraine rejects and condemns ultimatums and blackmail by the leadership of the governments of Hungary and Slovakia regarding the supply of energy
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