Hungary's Orbán issues fuel ultimatum to Ukraine over Druzhba pipeline
Photo: Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary (Getty Images)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says that Budapest would suspend the transit of supplies vital to Ukraine until Kyiv resumes operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline.
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Orbán once again speaks out against Ukraine's European integration.
"We will not give Ukrainians the money they are successfully demanding from other EU countries, we will not pay, and we will not let Ukraine into the EU," he says.
The Hungarian Prime Minister believes that Ukraine's accession to the European Union threatens not only Hungarian farmers but also the country's national economy as a whole.
"Therefore, we must not hypocritically accept Ukraine's demands, even if they blackmail us and threaten us with more serious consequences," he says.
Background
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he would give the address of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers if Budapest blocked a €90 billion loan.
In response, Orbán said that he considered these words a threat not to him personally, but to the whole of Hungary.
Orbán then once again accused Ukraine of allegedly blocking oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline and threatened to resume its operation by force.
In his statement, he stressed that there will be no compromises and that he intends to break the Ukrainian oil blockade by force.
