Overview

• Hungary issued a Schengen-area entry ban on Ukrainian commander Robert Brovdi, accusing him of responsibility for drone strikes on Russia’s Druzhba pipeline and calling the attacks a blow to its sovereignty and energy security.
• Kyiv condemned the move as unjustified, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha protesting publicly as Ukraine summoned Hungary’s ambassador and lodged a formal note.
• Ukrainian drones struck Transneft pumping stations in Russia’s Bryansk region on August 13 and 22, and Hungarian officials said the latest hit halted Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia before flows resumed on Thursday.
• Brussels rejected talk of an EU–Ukraine plot and said mechanisms are in place to cushion such disruptions, adding that the current situation does not endanger overall EU energy supplies.
• The dispute has revived a long-running debate over diversification, with former Slovak economy minister Karel Hírman arguing Hungary and Slovakia—and refinery owner MOL—could have relied more on the Adria route from Croatia.