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The foreign ministers of Hungary and Slovak wrote to the European Commission calling for the EU’s actions to stop Ukraine’s continued attacks on the Dolzva oil pipeline on Russian territory.
The latest attack hit Russia’s UNECHA oil pump station on Thursday night. This is the third attack in a week, effectively halting Russian oil delivery. Hungary and Slovakia still import large amounts of Russian oil.
“We find Ukraine’s actions given the EU and its member states have provided hundreds of billions of euros of assistance to Ukraine over the past few years, which has become a completely irresponsible and threatening energy security in Hungary and Slovakia.”
Ukraine has officially refused to advocate against attacking oil facilities. But Robert Blovdi, who leads Ukrainian unmanned systems forces, called Madiard (meaning Hungarian), posted a video on his telegram account, showing the aftermath of the latest bombing at a burning oil station. He added a sentence in Hungarian to appeal to Russians to return home. The footage was widely shared on social media.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Schjald wrote in his X account that oil delivery to both countries will be suspended for at least five days. “Let’s be clear. With these attacks, Ukraine is not primarily hurting Russia, but Hungary and Slovakia,” the minister added.
Druzhba Pipeline delivers oil from Russia to Central Europe through Ukraine and Belarus. Hungary and Slovakia are the only EU members still receiving large-scale piped Russian oil after securing engravings from bloc sanctions targeting Russian oil exports.
Trump was angry at the attack
US President Donald Trump responded quickly with a handwritten response to a message of complaints about the attack written in the White House by Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and published by the Hungarian government.
“Victor – I don’t like to hear this – I’m very upset about it. Tell Slovakia,” Trump wrote to the Brock Capitals, adding, “You are my great friend.”
Polish Minister of Radslow Sikorsky responded to a tweet with X from his Hungarian counterpart, claiming that Ukraine wanted to drag Hungary into the war.
“Peter, you have solidarity from us,” replied Sikorsky. Regarding Ukraine’s support, he mentioned the frequent veto power of the EU’s Hungarian government.
The European Commission believes that the safety of oil supply is not at risk
The European Commission confirmed the receipt of the letter on Friday afternoon. At the same time, they reminded each member state is necessary to maintain emergency stocks of crude and/or petroleum products equivalent to net imports for at least 90 days. According to a spokesperson, this represents the security net of the member states, with sufficient reserves in both Hungary and Slovakia. So far, neither country has announced the use of these stocks. Therefore, the Commission repeats that there is no impact on EU supply security.
