Hungary Accuses Ukraine of Blocking Oil Following Russian Strike

A section of the Druzhba crude oil pipeline in Ukraine.

Photographer: John Guillemin/Bloomberg

Ukraine denied a Hungarian accusation that it had blocked Russian crude shipments for political reasons as flows through a key pipeline remain suspended following an attack by Moscow’s forces.

Budapest’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a post on X on Friday that there were no technical reasons why crude deliveries to Hungary through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline couldn’t restart.