politics
February 19, 2026
Hungary halts diesel fuel supplies to Ukraine
The country is supplying "significant volumes" of diesel fuel, gas and electric power to Ukraine, the Hungarian foreign affairs and trade minister noted
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- Hungary has stopped diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine.
- This action is a response to Ukraine blocking Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline.
- Deliveries will resume only when Ukraine restarts oil supplies to Hungary.
- Hungary considers its role in supplying diesel, gas, and electricity to Ukraine to be critical.
- Russian oil has not reached Hungary since January 27, according to Hungarian data.
- Budapest believes Ukraine's refusal to resume deliveries is politically motivated.
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