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Posted on 03/15/2026 5:19:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused European allies of seeking to "blackmail" Kyiv into reopening a pipeline transporting Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.
He said restoring the flow of Russian crude oil through Ukraine into the European Union (EU) would be like lifting economic sanctions on Moscow.
Ukraine says the Soviet-era Druzhba oil pipeline was damaged by Russian air strikes in January and has yet to be repaired.
Hungary depends on Russian energy and is blocking both fresh EU sanctions on Moscow and a vital €90bn ($103bn; £78bn) loan for Kyiv until the pipeline is reopened.
The EU has urged Zelensky to repair the pipeline quickly and is asking him to allow inspectors in to visit the damage. Some EU officials fear Zelensky's resistance may help Orban win re-election.
But talking to reporters in Kyiv, including the BBC, Zelensky said he was simply opposed in principle to allowing Russian oil to transit through Ukraine while the EU sanctioned its sale elsewhere.
He said: "We either sell Russian oil or we don't. Because [the EU] are forcing me to restore Druzhba.
"How is this different from lifting sanctions on the Russians? Why can we in one case tell the United States that we oppose lifting sanctions, while on the other hand forcing Ukraine to resume oil transit through Druzhba – and at a political price that effectively pays for anti-European policies?"
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The world has spiraled into madness.
Ukraine and Iran seem to have this habit of either firing off their mouths or missiles to everyone around them
Orban not happy with the way Zelensky has threatened Hungary:
“Kiev will never scare Hungary with “oil blockade, blackmail and threats,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a crowd of his supporters.
Kiev will never scare Hungary with “oil blockade, blackmail and threats,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a crowd of his supporters.
Tensions between Budapest and Kiev have escalated over the past months as Ukraine first suspended Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia via a Soviet-built pipeline and its leader, Vladimir Zelensky, then made personal threats against Orban.“
https://ussanews.com/2026/03/15/we-will-not-be-ukrainian-colony-massive-rally-held-in-budapest-video/
I think he may gave started there and whirled us all around him. Half of my new neighbors from Ukraine are like that, the others very nice, sane , moderate people.
Time for Hungary to take back Trans-Carpathia.
Bomb Ukraine!
Very interesting statement. I have the same in my neighborhood. Thanks for your perspective.
“Time for Hungary to take back Trans-Carpathia.”
Yes!
What a sleazy little worm he is.
““Kiev will never scare Hungary with “oil blockade, blackmail and threats,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a crowd of his supporters.”
If it wasn’t for the Russians holding them down, Ukraine could take Budapest in a week.
A hardened military of that size will be bored after the war with Russia.
Zelensky has already been causing plenty of trouble for Hungarians living in Ukraine. They have been forbidden to speak Hungarian, their churches are no longer allowed, their mail to Hungary is inspected and their men beaten. Same with Russians living in Ukraine.
Z is a DMW.
Que pendejo-he never misses a chance to let his alligator mouth overload his hummingbird ass-I can hardly wait to see what happens when he does it one too many times...
“hardened military of that size will be bored”
That is a real danger, mitigated by their exhaustion and need yo reconstruct.
The average successful sitcom lasts 6 seasons before getting canceled. Comedian Zelensky is entering year 7 of a 5 year joke. That’s some democracy they’ve got there, audience be damned. Citizens can vote an idiot in, but they can’t vote them out. Incompetents never give up power willingly.
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