EU, Hungary and Ukraine
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has once again accused Ukraine of pursuing an anti-Hungarian policy and of hatred towards his country.
Hungary says it is blocking a major EU loan for Ukraine until Russian oil starts flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline.
Four years to the day since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, the EU hoped to bring some comfort in the form of fresh sanctions against Moscow and a €90 billion loan to Kyiv. Hungary has stopped that happening.
The Druzhba serves as the primary conduit for Russian crude deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia. Shipments through the pipeline have stalled since the end of January.
Hungary is halting diesel shipments to Ukraine as a dispute over interrupted Russian oil flows through Ukraine drags on.
"We demand Budapest stop dragging Ukraine into Hungary's domestic politics," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Hungary and Slovakia threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv restarts flows of Russian oil.