President Trump wrote he is “very angry” at Ukraine after it bombed the Druzhba pipeline that supplies Hungary with oil.
Ukraine bombed the Unecha oil pumping station in Russia, according to Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi, also known as Madyar. Oil deliveries from the Druzhba pipeline could be suspended for five days.
An initial strike of the pipeline happened Aug. 13, which prompted large fires, but the pipeline was fixed by Aug. 19, according to Politico EU. On Friday, Ukraine struck again.
“Hungary supports Ukraine with electricity and petrol, in return, they bomb pipeline that supply us. Very unfriendly move! We wish President Trump every success in his pursuit of peace,” wrote Hungarian President Viktor Orbán, a staunch Russian ally.
Trump replied to this note saying, “Viktor – I do not like hearing this. I am very angry about it. Tell Slovakia. You are my great friend.”
On Friday, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó and Slovakian Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár sent a letter to the European Commission. They are demanding protection of critical infrastructure.
“Given that in the past years, the EU and its Member States have provided hundreds of billions of Euros worth of support to Ukraine, we find Ukraine’s actions, which severely threaten the energy security of Hungary and Slovakia, completely unacceptable,” reads the letter.
“To this end, we strongly call on the commission to immediately uphold the commitments outlined in the abovementioned statement and guarantee the safety of energy supply of its Member States,” the letter continued.
This comes as Trump is trying to advance a peace deal between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin following separate meetings in Alaska and the White House with both leaders.
One aspect of the deal that remains a sticking point is security guarantees. A possibility would be that Ukraine joins the European Union instead of joining NATO.
On the recommendations of European leaders, Trump called Orbán on Monday to attempt to sway his vote in order to let Ukraine join the EU’s 27 member states.
Orbán posted on Facebook that Ukraine’s accession to the EU “does not provide any security guarantees,” therefore, “linking membership with security guarantees is unnecessary and dangerous.”
The next summit, possibly between Zelensky and Putin, might occur in Budapest, although both sides have been critical of such a plan. Russia and Ukraine are still engaged in heavy fire as Trump and European leaders try to figure out a possible end to this more than three-year war.
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