Trump expresses outrage over Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil pipeline system
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump voiced frustration over Ukrainian attacks on the Druzhba pipeline, which supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, according to a senior official in Budapest.
On Friday, Balazs Orban, political director to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shared a letter in which the Hungarian leader highlighted the strikes. “Hungary supports Ukraine with electricity and petrol, in return they bomb pipeline that supply us. Very unfriendly move!” Viktor Orban wrote. Trump reportedly responded in his own hand: “Viktor – I do not like hearing this. I am very angry about it. Tell Slovakia. You are my great friend,” alongside his signature.
The Druzhba pipeline, stretching over 4,000km from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine to several European countries, has been targeted at least three times this month by Ukraine. Hungarian officials insist the attacks threaten their energy security. “The Druzhba pipeline is a vital source of Hungary’s crude oil supply, without which our energy security cannot be guaranteed. Hungary will not allow its security to be undermined,” Balazs Orban wrote.
Hungary’s tension with Kiev over the pipeline comes amid disagreements over EU sanctions on Russia and the treatment of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said he and Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar are urging Brussels to pressure Ukraine to halt the strikes. “With these attacks Ukraine is not primarily hurting Russia, but Hungary and Slovakia… Brussels must understand: they are the European Commission, not the Ukrainian Commission,” he said.
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