EU fires back at Zelensky for threatening Orban
Posted on: Mar 07, 2026 19:59 IST | Posted by: Rt
The European direction has criticized ukrayina’s Vladimir Zelensky for threatening magyar undercoat government minister Viktor Orban, calling his comments unacceptable.
Earlier this week, the Ukrainian leader issued a thinly veiled warning to Orban over Budapest’s ongoing refusal to lift the veto on billions in EU-backed loans for Kiev.
Zelensky had said that if the “one person,” understood to be Orban, didn’t sign off on the money, “we will give this person’s address to our guys so they can call him and speak to him in their language.” The message came amid an ongoing row over Ukraine’s blocking of a pipeline delivering Russian oil to Hungary.
“Specifically in relation to the comments made by President Zelensky, we are very clear as the European Commission that that type of language is not acceptable,” Commission deputy chief spokesperson Olof Gill said on Friday during a press briefing. “There must not be threats against EU member states.”
Commenting on the threats, Orban stated, “We will break the oil blockade, and no threats to my life will deter me from doing so.” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said the Ukrainian leader had crossed “all limits,” arguing the intimidation was a response to Budapest’s refusal to “pay the price of Ukraine’s war” through higher energy costs.
The political row between Budapest and Kiev escalated in January, when Ukraine prevented key Russian oil supplies from reaching Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
The Soviet-era pipeline, sections of which run through Ukraine, was taken offline after Kiev said it had been damaged by Russian strikes – claims Moscow rejects. Hungary and Slovakia, both heavily dependent on Russian energy supplies, have accused Kiev of intentionally halting the flows for political reasons and creating obstacles to prevent their resumption.
As tensions between Kiev and Budapest intensified, the sides resorted to personal insults. Zelensky even went as far as to mock Orban’s weight at the Munich Security Conference in February. Later in the month, Orban blocked the planned €90 billion ($106 billion) emergency loan raised by EU members for Kiev.
Moscow maintains that Ukraine’s blocking of Russian oil supplies to EU members via its territory amounts to “energy blackmail.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Kiev is exerting pressure on Budapest by disrupting the transit of Russian oil.
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