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Hungary will force Ukraine to reopen key pipeline for Russian oil, Orban says

https://lemmy.world/post/43893504

Hungary will force Ukraine to reopen key pipeline for Russian oil, Orban says - Lemmy.World

BUDAPEST, March 5 (Reuters) - Hungary will force neighbouring Ukraine with “political and financial tools” to reopen the key Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungarian refineries, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on ‌Thursday.

Mar 5 at 7:23pmWeb
Show threadMolochHorridusMar 5
Death to Viktor Orban!
Show threadeinkornMar 5
Death is too easy for these people. Irrelevance, oblivion. That’s purgatory on earth for them.
Show threadrapcheeMar 5
don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
Show threadCaptObviousMar 6
Only if they really can’t return to power.
Show threadcronMar 5

“There ​will be no compromise whatsoever. We will ​defeat them, we will wrestle down the oil blockade and we will force the ​Ukrainians to resume shipments,” Orban said.

What exactly does he mean? The article doesn’t suggest a single thing.

Show threadTarogarMar 5
3 day military special operation. Probably… Maybe just war on the side of Russia.
Show threadTuuktuukMar 5
He has no plan. He’s just saying these words, hoping that somehow that might gain him votes.
Show threadtotesmygoatMar 5
Hmmm. Hey Ukraine. Any way to pump kyivs sewage through that pipeline? Just thinking it might be a better home for it.
Show threadBedSharkPalMar 5
He better be gone in a couple weeks…
Show threadFishnoodleMar 5
Ok. It will just get bombed mysteriously in a month or two. Be careful what you beg for, bitch.
Show threadmariusMar 5
Fyi Russia destroyed it and when Ukraine tried to repair it, russia killed the workers during the repair. So maybe hungary should talk to someone else about the issue
Show threadreal_squidsMar 5
Hungary (with Slovakia) also wanted to send their crews for inspection but uhh… you don’t really want someone from a country like that poking around your infrastructure while you’re at war so that proposal (understandably) got denied
Show threadjaxxedMar 6
Let Hungarian engineers in to fix it?
Show threadreal_squidsMar 6

Yeah just let putin’s lapdogs snoop around your strategic infrastructure while you’re at war, no biggie

Even if (big if) they want to fix it, are they paying? lol

If russia strikes the same spot again and hungarian crews die, would you want to be known as the one who sent them there? And would it really be worth it? A country at peace losing supposedly highly skilled civvies for a bunch of gas that financed their (and ukrainian) deaths doesn’t sound great on a resume.

Show threadrogssonMar 5
Ukraine needs to repair the pipe asap. Then redirect sewage water of the whole country to Orban. POS hope that asswipe leaves us soon. 
Show threadZkhqrD5oMar 6
With this, Hungary is actively participating in a war crime. They have cut emergency electrical power amidst ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. The other EU countries should capture and imprison him, as this constitutes an act of agression against an ally and a violation of human rights. Additionally they broke EU contracts, by lying about agreeing and then blocking it anyway.
Show threadstoicEuropeanMar 6
At this point, Hungary is actively working against our interests. We desperately need a mechanism to exclude such dysfunct democraties / rogue member states from the bloc.