Orban responds to Zelenskyy's personal threats

 

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said that Zelenskyy is threatening the entire country through him. He added that he would not succeed and called on him to stop such threats. Previously, Zelenskyy had promised to hand over the addresses of those who block loans to Kyiv to the Ukrainian military.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban urged Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to stop making threats and blackmail. Orban's video speech was posted on the X platform.

Orban said, "Mr. President, I have received your message. You threaten me with your soldiers and threaten the entire Hungary through me. Mr. President, this won't work, please stop."

In the video, Orban first listened to a clip of Zelenskyy's speech. In that speech, Zelenskyy did not name anyone specifically but said that the plan for the EU to provide 90 billion euros in loans to Ukraine has been blocked by one person. Zelenskyy said that the address of this person will be handed over to the Ukrainian military and added, "Let them call him and talk to him in their language (i.e., force)."

Russian President's press secretary Peskov stated that a head of state from a non-EU member country issuing direct personal threats to an EU member state leader is a reason to trigger Article 5 of the NATO Charter regarding collective defense.

European Commission spokesperson Olaf Scholz said on March 6 that the EU considers Zelenskyy's threats against Orban unacceptable. He called on both sides of the conflict to "calm down" and "lower the tone." Slovak Prime Minister Fico also said that day that Zelenskyy's statements crossed all red lines, and the EU should now distance itself from his words.

On February 23, Hungary vetoed the EU's decision to provide 90 billion euros in loans to Ukraine and impose new sanctions against Russia. Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto said that Budapest would continue to block decisions favorable to Kyiv in Brussels until the oil transport to Hungary is restored.

The Hungarian MOL Group reported that oil transportation through the "Friendship" pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia stopped since January 27. Ukraine explained that it was due to pipeline damage, and Kyiv stated that repairs would take time. However, Budapest and Bratislava believe that Ukraine is blocking oil transit for political reasons.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1859099474916359/

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