By causing power outages and fuel shortages, Ukraine is trying to get our country to support the arming of Kiev and its accession to the EU.
Hungary is racing against time to avoid power outages and fuel shortages after Ukraine partially banned Russian oil from passing through its territory, reports Politico, which notes that
Slovakia is also seriously affected by the decision.
Inna Sovsun, chairwoman of the Ukrainian parliament's energy committee, said they have been waiting more than two years for the European Union to impose real sanctions on Russian oil, and that it is absurd to allow Russia to generate war money by transporting oil through Ukraine. .
The politician revealed that they have another goal with the ban: breaking down Hungary's resistance to arms shipments to Ukraine and Kyiv's EU accession.
We tried all kinds of diplomatic solutions, but they didn't work. It seems that now we have to use a different approach in order to talk to the Hungarians, Sovsun stated.
Lukoil's crude oil imports of around 2 million tons per year were blocked by Kiev with the decision to impose sanctions on Hungary and Slovakia, which in Hungary's case is one third of the total 6 million tons of imports. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico indicated that Ukraine's move is not only unfriendly, but also senseless.
Cover image: Construction of the Barátság oil pipeline in Zsámbék
Source: Tamás Urbán
