Hungary can get oil from non-Russian sources - Polish Foreign Minister

"Peter, as the European Commission has repeatedly told you, Hungary can get its oil from non-Russian sources without financing Putin's war machine," Sikorski replies to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.

He calls on Budapest to show solidarity with Ukraine and recalls the events of 1956, when Hungarians rose against the communist dictatorship.

"Please show solidarity with Ukraine's struggle for independence. The heroes of 1956 are looking on," the Polish Foreign Minister adds.

Background

Yesterday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reacted emotionally to criticism from Ukraine and Poland over Budapest's decision to impose sanctions on Robert Brovdi, call sign Magyar, commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces.

In response to a statement by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who noted that for Szijjártó, the Russian pipeline is more important than Ukrainian children killed by Russia, the Hungarian Foreign Minister called on Kyiv not to drag Hungary into the war. Szijjártó said that this is not Hungary's war and that the Hungarian government is not responsible for it.

"Stop provoking us, stop risking our energy security, and stop making efforts to drag us into your war!" Szijjártó wrote.

He expressed the same position regarding Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, who invited Magyar to Poland amid Hungary's controversial sanctions.

Hungary banned Magyar from entering the country

Yesterday, Hungary banned Robert Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, from entering the country. The reason given was the Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian Druzhba oil pipeline. In addition, Magyar was banned from entering the Schengen area.

Brovdi himself advised Szijjártó to "shove your sanctions and restrictions on visiting Hungary up your ass".