“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning another attack against the Druzhba oil pipeline,” the communications director of the ruling Fidesz-KDNP parties said on Facebook on Monday.
Reacting to Ukrainian press reports saying that Ukraine was “preparing for a new blow”, Tamás Menczer said: “These attacks are harming Hungary and Slovakia more than Russia. The Ukrainians are attacking us. Our energy security and sovereignty.”
Meanwhile, Menczer said the European Commission and President Ursula von der Leyen were idle, “even though they committed in writing to stand up against such attacks. But they are doing nothing. It’s shameful,” he said. Meanwhile, Hungary has expelled the military leader responsible for the latest attack.
“Zelenskyy is attacking, threatening and blackmailing us so we support Ukraine’s EU membership. But we will never give in to Ukrainian blackmail. Hungary first!” Menczer said.
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Keep attacking it Ukraine! Ukrainian “sovereignty” and the right to fight back against Russia comes before any Fidesz concern about its’ corrupt profits trading Russian oil. If Hungarians suffer their government is to blame for not using the past three years to put in place alternative sources of oil like everyone else has in Europe.
The attacks on the Druzhba pipeline have disrupted oil supplies for Hungary and Slovakia, both heavily reliant on it. While Russia’s energy security remains largely unaffected, the economic impact is significant, leaving both countries vulnerable with few immediate alternatives.
Hungary’s condemnation of the attacks and call for pipeline protection should not be dismissed. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has rightly criticized the bombings, emphasizing that they threaten Hungary’s national interests, especially given Hungary’s support for Ukraine in other matters. Is it not Hungary’s sovereign right to protect its energy security and challenge actions that could violate international law?
Some argue Hungary should “shut up and find alternatives,” as if shifting to new oil sources were a quick fix. But how realistic is that? The pipeline is their lifeline, and dismantling years of infrastructure doesn’t happen overnight. Should Hungary just abandon its right to challenge attacks on civilian infrastructure because someone says it’s inconvenient?
Under international humanitarian law, deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure can constitute a war crime if it causes disproportionate harm. Shouldn’t we ask: Does the destruction of vital infrastructure without regard for civilian damage breach international humanitarian law principles?
Hungary, like any sovereign state, has the right to protect its citizens and challenge actions that threaten its security. To suggest Ukraine’s sovereignty to target critical infrastructure trumps Hungary’s legitimate concerns is to disregard its sovereignty. Why should a country’s right to defend itself and question violations of international law be treated as a side note? Isn’t that exactly what undermines the entire principle of sovereignty?
Meanwhile last week Russia bombed a Ukrainian kindergarten in Kiev, leaving 4 children dead and many injured. Amont the dead was a two-and-a-half years old toddler. https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165733
No condemnation from Hungary. Only pipeline damage has beem condemned.
Pipeline is not Hungarys lifeline as Péter above claims – alternatives exist. Not being bombed to death is the lifeline of Ukraininan children. Childmurdering Russia needs to be condemned and all co-operation stopped until Russia stops killing civilians and ends the war.
Fun fact – there is 1,490 kilometres of Druzhba oil pipeline IN Ukraine. If they really wanted to stop oil from flowing, tie 100 kilograms of high explosives to a snowmobile or car and just drive into the side of it, right? So instead, the Ukrainians are hitting legitimate targets INSIDE of Russia.
Subsequently and obviously, the Russians cry foul (“why does our Special Military Operation have to spill over into our territory?”), with the vassals who decided Russia was a good bet tagging along.
Kafka would absolutely love this!