The Ukrainian leader recently took aim at the Hungarian PM over his refusal to unblock a €90 billion EU loan for Kiev
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said “threats to his life” made by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will not deter him from breaking Kiev’s “oil blockade” of his country.
Zelensky issued a thinly veiled warning to Orban on Thursday over Budapest’s ongoing refusal to lift its veto on billions in EU-backed loans for Kiev, and amid a row over Ukraine’s blocking of oil supplies to Hungary via a pipeline from Russia.
The Ukrainian leader suggested that Orban should not impede the new EU funding for Kiev, otherwise he would pass “the address of this person to our armed forces, to our guys” so they could “speak to him in their own language.”
Responding on Thursday, Orban stated, “We will break the oil blockade, and no threats to my life will deter me from doing so,” adding that “I don’t think this is about me, but about Hungary.”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Zelensky’s threat against Orban had crossed “all limits,” accusing the Ukrainian leader of resorting to intimidation because Budapest refuses to “pay the price of Ukraine’s war” through higher energy costs.
“It is beyond all norms that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has practically threatened Prime Minister Viktor Orban with death,” he said.
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