Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.
Hungary is racing against time to avoid power outages and fuel shortages after Ukraine imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.
Kyiv last month imposed sanctions blocking the transit of pipeline crude sold by Moscow’s largest private oil firm, Lukoil, to Central Europe — partially negating an exemption to sanctions set up by the European Union to give Russian-reliant countries extra time to wean off supplies.
Ukraine’s aim is to throttle a key source of revenue for the Kremlin’s war chest more than two years after its full-scale invasion of the country.
But the move is sparking fears of supply shortages in Budapest, which relies on Russia for 70 percent of its oil imports — and Lukoil for half that amount.
They were given a grace period to ween off of the dependancy. Orban seems to have used that period to double down on Russian oil.
Now that period is over because they’ve shown they have no interest in getting away from Russian influence.
You don’t use all your jokers in the first hand played.
Ukraine should fuck Hungary so hard at this point.
Sucks that Ukraine didn’t get a grace period from bombardment of their cities.