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28-08-2025, 10:01 PM
Ukraine carried out at least 3 attacks on Druzhba oil pipeline, which delivers Russian oil to Hungary & Slovakia, temporarily disrupting ops. Szijjarto did not name commander hit by the ban, Balazs Orban, Hungarian prime minister's political director, confirmed for Hungarian news outlet 444, measure targets Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces. Brovdi, who is Hungarian descent & known by call sign "Madyar," has confirmed his branch was responsible for drone strikes against Druzhba, including latest one carried out on Aug. 21, which targeted Unecha pumping station in Bryansk Oblast.
The Hungarian foreign minister described the strike as "an attack on Hungary’s sovereignty," saying it "endangered our energy security and nearly (forced) the use of our strategic reserves." "Ukraine knows very well that Druzhba pipeline is vital for Hungary’s & Slovakia’s energy supply & that such strikes harm us far more than Russia," Szijjarto said on X. Brovdi dismissed Budapest's decision, said the Hungarian leadership shares responsibility for Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities by "filling their own dirty pockets with sanctioned cheap raw materials." "I am Ukrainian & I will arrive in my father’s homeland after you," the commander said on his Telegram channel. "There are enough true Hungarians in Hungary, and one day, they will be sick to death of you."
In his statement, Szijjarto made no mention of the Russian overnight mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Aug. 28, which killed at least 18 people, including four children, and injured almost 40 others.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Budapest "is on the wrong side of history." "Peter, if the Russian pipeline is more important to you than the Ukrainian children killed by Russia this morning, this is moral decay," he wrote on X."If Hungary has indeed closed entry into Hungary and the entire Schengen zone to one of Ukraine’s military commanders, who is an ethnic Hungarian and a citizen of Ukraine, this can only cause outrage," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding Foreign Ministry has been instructed to clarify the issue and "respond accordingly."
The Druzhba pipeline, one of the world's largest, carries Russian oil directly to Hungary and Slovakia — the only EU countries still buying Russian crude through the system. In July, they imported $232 million and $196 million worth of oil, respectively. Hungary, widely seen as the most Russia-friendly govt in the EU, has repeatedly opposed Brussels' attempts to fully halt Russian energy imports and threatened to block Ukraine's path to EU membership. Kyiv regularly carries out attacks on military industrial facilities in Russia, targeting Russian oil infrastructure to undermine Moscow's revenue streams a weaken ability to wage war in Ukraine.
The Hungarian foreign minister described the strike as "an attack on Hungary’s sovereignty," saying it "endangered our energy security and nearly (forced) the use of our strategic reserves." "Ukraine knows very well that Druzhba pipeline is vital for Hungary’s & Slovakia’s energy supply & that such strikes harm us far more than Russia," Szijjarto said on X. Brovdi dismissed Budapest's decision, said the Hungarian leadership shares responsibility for Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities by "filling their own dirty pockets with sanctioned cheap raw materials." "I am Ukrainian & I will arrive in my father’s homeland after you," the commander said on his Telegram channel. "There are enough true Hungarians in Hungary, and one day, they will be sick to death of you."
In his statement, Szijjarto made no mention of the Russian overnight mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Aug. 28, which killed at least 18 people, including four children, and injured almost 40 others.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Budapest "is on the wrong side of history." "Peter, if the Russian pipeline is more important to you than the Ukrainian children killed by Russia this morning, this is moral decay," he wrote on X."If Hungary has indeed closed entry into Hungary and the entire Schengen zone to one of Ukraine’s military commanders, who is an ethnic Hungarian and a citizen of Ukraine, this can only cause outrage," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding Foreign Ministry has been instructed to clarify the issue and "respond accordingly."
The Druzhba pipeline, one of the world's largest, carries Russian oil directly to Hungary and Slovakia — the only EU countries still buying Russian crude through the system. In July, they imported $232 million and $196 million worth of oil, respectively. Hungary, widely seen as the most Russia-friendly govt in the EU, has repeatedly opposed Brussels' attempts to fully halt Russian energy imports and threatened to block Ukraine's path to EU membership. Kyiv regularly carries out attacks on military industrial facilities in Russia, targeting Russian oil infrastructure to undermine Moscow's revenue streams a weaken ability to wage war in Ukraine.
