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Hungary rules out compromises on Ukraine loan

Hungary will keep blocking Ukraine aid and new Russian sanctions until oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline resume, FM Peter Szijjarto says

FACTBOX: On further developments around the Druzhba pipeline

Hungary and Slovakia have reached an agreement to build a new oil product pipeline between the two countries to ensure their energy security in the face of Ukraine's oil blockade, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto announced

Hungary announces oil pipeline deal amid feud with Ukraine

Hungary is poised to sign a deal with Slovakia on building a new bilateral pipeline amid an oil dispute with Ukraine

IN BRIEF: Further developments around Druzhba pipeline

Hungarian Deputy Energy Minister Gabor Czepek said that a Hungarian commission to assess the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline has traveled to Ukraine for dialogue with the country's authorities on the resumption of Russian oil transit

Ukraine agrees to EU-backed repairs of Druzhba pipeline to resume oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia

The European Union has offered Ukraine technical support and financing to repair the Druzhba oil pipeline, which was damaged in a Russian strike on Jan. 27.

Senior EU official rebukes Zelensky over Orban threat

European Council President Antonio Costa has rebuked Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky over a recent threat directed at Hungary’s Viktor Orban

No EU money for Ukraine until Druzhba oil flows resume, Orban says

The Hungarian foreign minister noted that Brussels’ recent proposals to repair the transit route would not change Budapest's stance

Ukraine’s refusal to discuss Druzhba condition with Hungarian experts absurd

The Hungarian prime minister asked the head of the delegation, Deputy Energy Minister of Hungary Gabor Czepek, to continue seeking after a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian QEnergy Ministry and inspect some infrastructural facilities of the pipeline

Hungary accuses Ukraine of blocking delegation from visiting vital oil pipeline

Ukraine is refusing to meet and is blocking a Hungarian delegation from visiting the Druzhba oil pipeline, Peter Szijjarto has said

Macron states the need for restoring Druzhba pipeline functioning as soon as possible

"It is important, in the first instance, to ensure full transparency," the French president said

Slovak PM doubts that Zelensky will ever resume oil supplies via Druzhba pipeline

Zelensky is not interested in oil reaching Slovakia and Hungary, Robert Fico says

Zelensky seeking to ‘punish’ Slovakia for peace aspirations

The Druzhba pipeline will stay closed as Ukraine hopes to “punish” Slovakia for desiring peace between Kiev and Moscow, Robert Fico says

Russia ready to pump oil via Druzhba pipeline

Sergey Andreyev emphasized that Kiev's claims that Russia is allegedly attacking Druzhba are not true

Hungary will refuse to support Ukraine’s joining EU, €90 bln loan for Kiev

"Ukraine’s accession to the EU is out of the question, and a 20th sanctions package and a 90 billion euro loan can only be included in the agenda as soon as the Ukrainians resume oil supplies," Peter Szijjarto said

How Zelensky’s ‘oil blockade’ against EU states backfired on Ukraine

Ukraine’s halt of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline has triggered a clash with Hungary and Slovakia, putting the EU loan for Kiev at risk