Orbán prepared to stop shipments for Ukraine passing through Hungary as Russian oil pipeline row escalates – Europe live

Hungary will use ‘every means’ to end row with Ukraine over stalled Russian oil supplies, says prime minister

Hungary will use “every means” to force a favourable solution in an escalating row with neighbouring Ukraine over stalled Russian oil supplies to Budapest and Bratislava, prime minister Viktor Orbán this morning.

His comments come as the neighbouring countries are locked in dispute over the temporary closure of the Druzhba pipeline which pumps Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, and which Kyiv says was damaged by Russian strikes in January.