{"id":1384013,"date":"2026-04-19T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/no-oil-no-money-orban-again-threatens-ukraine-in-his-last-weeks-in-office\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:06:33","slug":"no-oil-no-money-orban-again-threatens-ukraine-in-his-last-weeks-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/no-oil-no-money-orban-again-threatens-ukraine-in-his-last-weeks-in-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo Oil, No Money\u201d: Viktor Orb\u00e1n Issues Another Last-Minute Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n<\/span><\/span> has outlined his position on the EU loan for Ukraine, linking Budapest\u2019s approval to the restoration of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline. He warned that Hungary would not unblock the \u20ac90 billion package unless deliveries are resumed, raising tensions within the EU over energy and financial support.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He wrote about this in X.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Orban, via Brussels, Hungary received a signal from Ukraine that it is ready to resume oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline in the near future, provided that the loan freeze is lifted.<\/p>\n

“Hungary’s position has not changed: no oil = no money. Once oil supplies are restored, we will no longer stand in the way of approving the loan,” Viktor Orb\u00e1n said.<\/p>\n

He also noted that the repayment of this loan does not create a financial burden or obligation for Hungary.<\/p>\n

The publication emphasizes that the loan blockage is specifically related to the functioning of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which was affected after the Russian attack.<\/p>\n

At the same time, netizens’ reactions draw attention to the political context of this position.<\/p>\n

“This is not just a matter of energy infrastructure. This is a physical connection connecting Hungary with Russia,” one commentator noted.<\/p>\n

The comments also express the opinion that after the possible resumption of the oil pipeline, new attacks on the infrastructure cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n

By the way, the European Union hopes to unblock a billion-dollar loan for Ukraine as soon as possible and impose new sanctions\u00a0<\/a>on Russia amid Viktor Orb\u00e1n’s defeat<\/a> in Hungary’s parliamentary elections<\/span>.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, on Thursday, March 19, a summit of EU leaders was held in Brussels, where one of the key issues was financial support for Ukraine<\/a>, in particular, the possible unlocking of a 90 billion euro aid package.<\/p>\n

However, European leaders were unable to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to abandon<\/a> the decision to block a $90 billion loan for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Also, follow \u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>, Telegram<\/a>, and Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has outlined his position on the EU loan for Ukraine, linking Budapest\u2019s approval to the restoration of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline. He warned that Hungary would not unblock the \u20ac90 billion package unless deliveries are resumed, raising tensions within the EU over energy and financial support. He wrote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1317661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1384013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384082,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384013\/revisions\/1384082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1317661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}