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Europe Won’t Survive Without Russian Oil, Reality to Dawn in Couple of Weeks - Orban
Europe Won’t Survive Without Russian Oil, Reality to Dawn in Couple of Weeks - Orban
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Europe will not survive without Russian oil when a global fuel shortage is at the door, and this will become obvious to everyone within a couple of weeks, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
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"The reality is that a global oil shortage is now knocking at the door. The strategy Europeans are pursuing is simply crazy. We need Russian oil—we cannot survive this increasingly serious situation without Russian fuel and energy. Anyone who denies that will see how obvious it is in no more than a week," Orbán told reporters after the EU summit.Not only does Hungary need oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline restored, but also guarantees from Kiev that such a blockade will not occur again, Orban emphasized.On January 27, Ukraine halted the flow of oil to Hungary and Slovakia. In response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on February 23 that Hungary had blocked the 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia and a 90 billion euro loan to Kiev because of the Druzhba shutdown. On March 5, Orban said that Hungary would not compromise with Ukraine over the Druzhba blockade and would make the Ukrainians resume pumping oil "by force."
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Europe Won’t Survive Without Russian Oil, Reality to Dawn in Couple of Weeks - Orban
07:21 GMT 20.03.2026 (Updated: 08:58 GMT 20.03.2026) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Europe will not survive without Russian oil with a global fuel shortage fast approaching - a reality that will become obvious to everyone within a couple of weeks, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
"The reality is that a global oil shortage is now knocking at the door. The strategy Europeans are pursuing is simply crazy. We need Russian oil—we cannot survive this increasingly serious situation without Russian fuel and energy. Anyone who denies that will see how obvious it is in no more than a week," Orbán told reporters after the EU summit.
Not only does Hungary need oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline restored, but also guarantees from Kiev that such a blockade will not occur again, Orban emphasized.
"It is not just about oil coming to us, we also need to get guarantees [from Ukraine] that this will not happen again," Orban told reporters after the EU summit in Brussels.
On January 27, Ukraine halted the
flow of oil to Hungary and Slovakia. In response, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on February 23 that Hungary had blocked the 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia and a 90 billion euro loan to Kiev because of the Druzhba shutdown. On March 5, Orban said that Hungary would not compromise with Ukraine over the Druzhba blockade and would make the Ukrainians resume pumping oil
"by force."
