Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has threatened to cease electrical energy provides to Ukraine if oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline shouldn’t be restored.
Supply: Telex, an impartial Hungarian information portal, citing Orbán at an occasion with activists of the Fidesz celebration within the metropolis of Bekescsaba, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Orbán was requested a number of questions by the viewers in regards to the Druzhba oil pipeline, which was broken by the Russians, however the Hungarian authorities blames Ukraine for the disruption in provides.
Orbán stated Ukrainians aimed to create financial chaos and an power emergency in Hungary and to deliver in regards to the defeat of the Fidesz celebration in April's elections.
Quote: "Chaos within the minds of Ukrainians is the trail to the opposition's victory within the elections."
Extra particulars: Orbán didn’t rule out that if Ukrainians fail to revive pipeline transit, Hungary would cease supplying electrical energy to Ukraine.
Quote: "A lot of the electrical energy comes into Ukraine from Hungary. If we cease this, dangerous issues may occur…
In fact, we make some errors, however you can not say we’re crude or brainless. We all know precisely easy methods to cope with such a state of affairs and we are going to cope with it. Anybody who bites us could have their tooth knocked out."
For reference: Hungary is a vital provider of electrical energy to Ukraine, with the share of imports from Hungary reaching 50% of Ukraine's total electrical energy import construction in February 2026. ExPro, a Ukrainian analytical company, estimates that in 2025 Ukraine imported about 1.4 million MWh from Hungary, which accounts for 42% of all imports.
Background:
- Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated he’ll transfer to cease his nation's electrical energy exports to Ukraine until Kyiv restores Russian oil transit to Slovakia by Monday 23 February.
- Fico desires to ship a monitoring mission to the positioning of injury to the Druzhba pipeline within the Ukrainian metropolis of Brody to acquire an knowledgeable evaluation of the injury.
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