Hungary Blasts European Commission Over Disrupted Supply of Russian Oil

Kyiv recently shut an overland pipeline that supplies Hungary and Slovakia with Russian oil, sparking fears of energy shortages.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto holds a press conference on the European Parliament vote to start an EU punitive procedure against Hungary for persistently flouting democratic rules, in Budapest, Hungary on Sept. 12, 2018. Reuters/Bernadett Szabo

Hungary has accused the European Commission of failing to reverse—or of tacitly condoning—Ukraine’s decision to halt the transit of Russian oil to both Hungary and Slovakia through its territory.

Last month, Kyiv unilaterally closed an overland pipeline that supplies Hungary and Slovakia with Russian oil, sparking fear of supply shortages in both countries.