Tensions with Kiev, Orban: Hungary will stop gas supplies to Ukraine

Hungary will gradually stop natural gas supplies to Ukraine until Kiev restores the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced.

In a video posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Orban said Ukraine has blocked the operation of the Soviet-era oil pipeline for 30 days. “As long as Ukraine does not supply oil, it will not receive gas from Hungary,” he said.

Orban stated that the gas to be sent to Ukraine would be stored in Hungarian facilities, adding that this action is necessary given that Ukraine is "also attacking the southern gas pipeline that supplies Hungary," referring to the TurkStream route that brings Russian gas to Hungary via Turkey and the Balkans.

“We will protect Hungary’s energy security, the protected petrol price and the reduced gas prices,” Orban declared. He said the country had so far been able to “successfully defend itself against Ukrainian blackmail” thanks to the protected price scheme, adding that Hungarians pay the lowest prices at gas stations across Europe.

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