Orbán made it clear that Zelensky’s threats will not be forgiven or forgotten.
We have been reported how the repeated Ukrainian missile attacks on the Druzhba (meaning ‘friendship’) pipeline cut the flow of crude oil from Russia to both Hungary and Slovakia.
And what became an internet spat between the Hungarian and Ukrainian foreign ministers escalated now to a controversy between Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky and Hungarian President Viktor Orbán.
Long-time Trump ally, Orbán described it like this:
“’It was an eventful weekend. President Zelensky openly threatened Hungary. He admitted that the Druzhba pipeline is being attacked because we do not support their EU membership. This also shows that Hungarians made the right decision’, Hungary’s PM Victor Orban said.”
Let’s take a step back, and see, first, what Zelensky said to prompt this reaction.
To fully understand the statement, it bears reminding that the attacked pipeline is called ‘Druzhba’, a word that means ‘friendship’.
So, Zelensky is making a play on words between the bilateral relations and the pipeline.
The Ukrainain Dictator is openly threatening a member of NATO and the EU.
Zelensky laughs as he makes a veiled threat to Budapest when asked about his attacks on the crucial Druzhba pipeline that supplies Hungary pic.twitter.com/frqKrZnNj1
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) August 24, 2025
Orbán made it clear that Zelensky’s words ‘are not the way to get into the EU’, and that his manifestation now ‘will have a long shadow’.
Viktor Orbán: President @ZelenskyyUa admitted to bombing the Druzhba oil pipeline because Hungary does not support Ukraine EU membership. Hungarians made a wise decision. Blackmail, bombings and threats won’t get them into EU. Zelenskyy’s words will have a long shadow. pic.twitter.com/p2rm7r4Lhi
— Fidesz Parliamentary Group (@Fideszfrakcio) August 25, 2025
In the meantime, Budapest’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was back in the charge, saying that Ukrainian strikes on Druzhba pipeline were the equivalent of an attack on Hungary.
Ukrainian attacks on the oil pipeline ‘Druzhba’ equivalent to attack on Hungary & Slovakia, which receive raw materials from Russia along this route – Hungarian FM
Calls Zelensky’s threats against Hungarian energy security ‘outrageous & scandalous’ pic.twitter.com/v8ZwfCeVd3
— RT (@RT_com) August 26, 2025
In fact, Hungary could very well retaliate and stop electricity supplies to Ukraine, since their exports make up 40% of Ukrainian imports.
But Szijjarto said that Budapest doesn’t want Ukrainian children to pay for the actions of ‘former actor Zelensky’.
Sputnik reported:
“He emphasized that Hungary wishes no harm to the Ukrainian people, unlike the Ukrainian authorities with their extremely low moral standards.
‘We don’t want Ukrainian homes with small children to go without heating, because these little children cannot be held responsible for the behavior of a former actor’, Szijjarto said.
He also advised the Ukrainian regime that next time it decides to bomb the Druzhba pipeline, they should remember that Hungary stopping electricity supplies could create catastrophic difficulties for Ukraine.”
Read more:
Ukraine Strikes Druzhba Pipeline for the THIRD TIME, Cutting Russian Oil Flow to Hungary and Slovakia – Orbán Complains Online and Trump Answers: ‘I Am Very Angry About It!’
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