Overview

• Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó accused Ukraine of striking a transformer station on the Druzhba pipeline that delivers most of the country’s crude imports.
• He announced that Russia has suspended oil shipments to Hungary and cited Moscow’s inability to specify when repairs will restore supply.
• Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin told Hungary that engineers are working on the damaged facility but could not provide a timeline for resuming deliveries.
• Ukraine’s foreign ministry has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the incident and redirected Budapest’s grievance toward Moscow.
• The dispute exposes mounting friction over Budapest’s pro-Russia stance under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and risks deepening divisions within the EU and NATO.