Trump ally Orban issues scathing letter demanding Zelenskyy change Ukraine's 'anti-Hungarian policy'

Hungary is beefing up information astatine its vigor sites arsenic Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accuses Ukraine of threatening his country's vigor supply. Orbán — a vocal state of U.S. President Donald Trump — published a scathing unfastened missive to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful which helium accused Kyiv of pursing an "anti-Hungarian policy."

"In caller days, you person blocked the Friendship lipid pipeline, which is captious to Hungary’s vigor supply," Orbán's unfastened letter, which helium published connected X, read. "Your actions are against Hungary’s interests and endanger the unafraid and affordable vigor proviso of Hungarian families. I truthful telephone connected you to alteration your anti-Hungarian policy!"

On Wednesday, Orbán ordered accrued information astatine captious vigor infrastructure sites, The Associated Press reported. The premier minister's bid came arsenic Budapest accused Ukraine of blocking the Druzhba pipeline, done which Russian lipid is delivered to Hungary, but it crosses Kyiv's territory. Ukrainian officials person denied the allegations, according to the AP, saying that the pipeline was deed successful a Russian drone attack.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine of blocking his country's lipid supply. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters; Liesa Johannssen/Reuters)

In a video posted connected societal media, Orbán claimed Ukraine was utilizing an "oil blockade" to unit Hungary and that Hungarian nationalist information services showed Ukraine was "preparing further actions to disrupt the cognition of Hungary’s vigor system," the AP reported.

"We volition deploy soldiers and the indispensable instrumentality to repel attacks adjacent cardinal vigor facilities," Orbán said, according to the AP. "The constabulary volition patrol with accrued forces astir designated powerfulness plants, organisation stations and power centers."

The accusations lobbed against Ukraine besides travel arsenic Orbán faces an upcoming election. As the predetermination nears, Hungary has seen billboards crossed the state showing AI-generated images of Zelenskyy holding retired his manus arsenic if asking for wealth portion surrounded by European officials, according to the AP.

The Druzhba lipid pipeline betwixt Hungary and Russia is seen astatine the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery successful Szazhalombatta, Hungary, May 18, 2022. (Bernadett Szabo/File Photo/Reuters)

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Hungary precocious threatened to artifact a projected €90 cardinal European Union indebtedness to Ukraine — worthy astir $106 cardinal — implicit the blockade of the Druzhba pipeline.

Hungarian overseas curate Péter Szijjártó said connected Friday that "Ukraine is blackmailing" his state and that Kyiv was coordinating with Belgium and the Hungarian absorption to "push substance prices higher earlier the elections."

"By blocking lipid transit to Hungary done the Druzhba pipeline, Ukraine violates the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, breaching its commitments to the European Union. We volition not springiness successful to this blackmail," Szijjártó added.

Orbán besides accused Ukraine, the Hungarian absorption and Belgium of coordinating to exert unit connected Budapest.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a quality league with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio successful Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.  (Alex Brandon, Pool/AP Photo)

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In the missive released Thursday, Orbán, who has a adjacent narration with the Kremlin, besides said that Ukraine had refused "to judge the presumption of the sovereign Hungarian authorities and the Hungarian radical regarding the Russia–Ukraine war." Additionally, helium accused Ukraine of trying to "force Hungary" into the warfare with Russia.

"We, the Hungarian people, are not liable for the concern successful which Ukraine finds itself. We sympathise with the Ukrainian people, but we bash not privation to enactment successful the war. We bash not privation to concern the warfare effort, and we bash not privation to wage much for energy," Orbán wrote.

The Hungarian premier curate ended his missive with demands that Ukraine reopen the lipid pipeline and "refrain from immoderate further attacks connected Hungary's vigor security," arsenic good arsenic a request for "more respect for Hungary."

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Neither Zelenskyy's bureau nor the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry instantly responded to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.

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