The Druzhba pipeline broke on 27 January—after a Russian strike.
In seven weeks: Hungary and Slovakia cut diesel and electricity, Orbán vetoed a €90 billion EU loan, and Washington issued a waiver letting anyone buy Russian crude at sea.
Ukraine's president said fixing the pipeline under these conditions isn't a repair job. It's a sanctions rollback—and conditioning it on weapons is blackmail.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/16/zelenskyy-druzhba-sanctions-blackmail/




