Tensions in Hungarian–Ukrainian relations have been escalating for several weeks. The immediate cause of the current escalation was the destruction, at the end of January, of a pumping station of the Druzhba pipeline near Brody as a result of Russian shelling. The pipeline transports Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. The government in Budapest (and in Bratislava) has accused Kyiv of deliberately halting supplies, while the Ukrainian side has declared its willingness to carry out repairs but points to the extensive scale of the damage. …read more
Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)