Hungary to resolve issue of oil supplies via Druzhba without compromising with Kiev - PM

BERLIN. March 5 (Interfax) - Hungary is ready to resolve the issue of oil shipments being blocked by Ukraine from a position of force, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday.

"We will break the Ukrainian oil blockade by force. Hungary's energy will soon flow again through the Friendship [Druzhba] pipeline," Orban said on X.

As far as Budapest is concerned, "there will be no deals, no compromise" in that respect, he said.

Hungary has suspended shipments of diesel fuel to Ukraine due to the fact that, as of January 27, Russian oil supplies, both to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, which crosses Ukraine, have stopped.