Zelensky: Croatia offered Hungary necessary amount of oil, but Orban refused

The head of state said this while answering journalists' questions, Ukrinform reports.

"I met with the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic. He showed me that he is ready to provide the amount [of oil] needed annually by Slovakia and Hungary, by the way. He said Orban simply does not really want to buy it," Zelensky said.

In his opinion, the reason lies in the price. "Because here it is the European price, and there it is the Russian price. That is all. In other words, someone is making money. It is clear who," he added.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry twice summoned Hungary's charge d'affaires over Hungary's distortion of Ukraine's position regarding the Druzhba oil pipeline and false accusations against Ukraine.

Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban published an open letter to President Volodymyr Zelensky urging the immediate reopening of the Druzhba pipeline.

President of the European Council Antanio Costa and Zelensky agreed that Ukraine would assess in the coming days how long it would take to repair the Druzhba pipeline damaged by Russia.

On January 27, Russian forces struck energy infrastructure in the Lviv region. The drone may have hit a section of the pipeline used to supply Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. Naftogaz confirmed the strike but did not specify what exactly was hit, only noting that it was the 15th attack on its facilities in a month.

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha reminded Hungary that the problems with the transit of Russian oil were caused precisely by Russia's aggression and its strikes on the infrastructure of the Druzhba pipeline, to which Budapest has not publicly responded.

Hungary, for its part, suspended diesel fuel exports to Ukraine until oil transit to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline is restored. It also said it was considering halting electricity and gas exports to Ukraine if Kyiv does not resume supplies of Russian oil through the pipeline.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine