{"id":337909,"date":"2026-02-22T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=337909"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:54:48","slug":"hungary-considers-cutting-off-ukraines-energy-supply","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/hungary-considers-cutting-off-ukraines-energy-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary considers cutting off Ukraine&#8217;s energy supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hungary is considering cutting off electricity and gas shipments if the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline is not resumed. The announcement comes against a backdrop of growing energy and diplomatic tension, in which <strong>energy supply has become a weapon of geopolitical pressure<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A pipeline under fire and blockade<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Druzhba pipeline, key to refineries in <strong>Hungary and Slovakia<\/strong>, stopped operating on January 27. According to Kiev, the suspension was caused by a Russian drone attack that damaged the infrastructure, however, both Hungary and Slovakia accuse Ukraine of <strong>politically blocking the resumption of supply<\/strong>, which has generated a new front of conflict between European allies. <\/p>\n\n<p>In the absence of supply, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/mol-group-strengthens-its-international-presence-with-energy-alliance-in-libya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOL<\/a><\/strong>the Hungarian refining company, requested access to the country&#8217;s strategic reserves, which were released by the government. Slovakia, for its part, approved the use of <strong>250,000 tons of oil<\/strong> from its state reserves. Both countries also suspended diesel exports to Ukraine as an additional measure of pressure.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Critical dependence on Ukraine<\/h2>\n\n<p>Data confirmed that Hungary and Slovakia together account for <strong>68% of Ukraine&#8217;s imported energy supply<\/strong> so far this month. Hungary alone provides about a third of the gas currently imported by Kiev and with temperatures having fallen below -20\u00b0C in some Ukrainian regions, <strong>the power cut could have immediate humanitarian consequences<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clash with the European Commission<\/h2>\n\n<p>Hungary and Slovakia have asked the European Commission to enforce an exemption that allows them to import Russian oil. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/russian-oil-imports-into-india-hit-lowest-level-in-more-than-three-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">import Russian oil by sea, despite<\/a><\/strong> by sea, despite the bloc&#8217;s sanctions. This would involve using the Adriatic pipeline through Croatia, a country that opposes the use of that route for transporting Russian crude. The energy tension thus extends to the community level, putting the EU&#8217;s energy cohesion policies to the test.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A multiple pressure scenario<\/h2>\n\n<p>Hungary and Slovakia, despite being members of the EU, have maintained a closer line with Russia over the past few years. The current situation reveals <strong>the fragility of European unity on energy and geopolitical issues<\/strong>, and how energy supply becomes a tool of pressure on all fronts. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/hungary-considers-cutting-power-gas-exports-ukraine-russian-oil-row-2026-02-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungary and Slovakia make energy supplies conditional on resumption of the flow of the Druzhba pipeline, suspended after a Russian attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":337882,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-337909","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/337909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/337909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=337909"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=337909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}