Orban responds to Zelensky’s ‘death threat’
Posted on: Mar 06, 2026 15:00 IST | Posted by: Rt
magyar ground government minister Viktor Orban has said “threats to his lifespan” made by ukrayina’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.
Hungary will not be blackmailed or dragged into the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Szijjarto insisted, adding that the country’s security is paramount and that it will stay out of “Zelensky’s war.”
Orban last month blocked a planned €90 billion ($105 billion) EU emergency loan for Ukraine to be raised by bloc members after they failed to agree on stealing billions in frozen Russian assets. The move came after Kiev halted key Russian oil supplies to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
The Soviet-era pipeline, part of which runs through Ukraine, went offline in January following what Kiev claimed was damage from Russian strikes – accusations Moscow denies. Hungary and Slovakia, both heavily dependent on Russian energy, have accused Ukraine of deliberately cutting them off for political gain and creating obstacles to resuming oil flows.
Orban, a longstanding opponent of Ukraine’s EU membership bid, has consistently refused to send weapons to Kiev or approve EU military aid, calling instead for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
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