The public sentiment is overwhelmingly critical of Ukraine's actions, perceiving them as aggressive and hypocritical, particularly towards Hungary and Slovakia, which are seen as overly reliant on Russian oil. A significant number of comments call for retaliatory measures from both nations, including the cutting of energy supplies to Ukraine and a reevaluation of NATO affiliations. Conversely, there is also a notable portion of support for Ukraine's actions, viewed as necessary against Russian aggression, though concerns about the potential impact on ordinary citizens in Hungary and Slovakia remain prevalent.

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More precisely: they destroyed the large pumping station located at the distribution point where the pipeline branches off:

1 towards Western Europe

2 towards Eastern Europe, including Hungary and Slovakia

3 towards the Baltic Sea oil port and the shadow fleet



We Hungarians will be screwed, because the Orbán government has done nothing to enable refineries to process anything other than heavy crude oil from the Russian Urals.

In theory, there is a 90-day emergency reserve, but...

There is the Adria oil pipeline from the south, but its capacity is insufficient, and the Croatians charge very high transit fees...

Hiryu2point0

&gt;The Ukrainian strike drew an angry reaction from Budapest

Fuckers gave such a limpdick response to the Russian strike to Transcarpathia (close to the border, where the ethnic Hungarians live) just yesterday.

majorannah

The most normal outcome. They waited long enough, actually.

BMP83

Iam Hungarian, but i can understand this move. They are at fcking war and we are feeding the russian machine unlike the rest of the EU. Our rethoric is actively againts Ukraine (and EU) . Hungary blocks Ukrainian chances to EU regardless of pretty much anything so i wouldnt give a fck if i were them. We can only hope to vote out Orban next year.

Quasarrion

I believe this is called the "Find out" stage. FAFO, 

You had years to stop buying Russian oil and chose not to. Blame your leaders, not the country fighting for survival.

CharmingTurnover8937

Surprised they hadn't done that earlier, they waited until 3 years of war?

mk45tb

chasinghomer

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As Slovak I approve. Our government had enough time  to sort it out. Good job Ukraine

IwishToHaveMasha

atomgomba

All they do is obstruct Ukraine at every chance anyway. Why should Ukraine care about them?

Xenomemphate

I am Slovak and I say - good. This pumping station had it long time overdue.

kronicius

This should been done years ago. And not just this pipeline but also pipelines towards China and India should have been attacked, to cripple Russia ability to export oil and thus getting money.

PozitronCZ

Robert Magyar sends his best regards.

Edit:

Smoke rises from the Unecha oil pumping station during a fire, in Unechsky district, Bryansk region, Russia, August 21, 2025 in this night vision still image obtained from social media video. YouTube MAGYARBIRDS

GreenEyeOfADemon

Doesn't this pipeline goes through Ukraine? Why did it take them so long?

Total-Confusion-9198

vintergroena

I would do this on day #1, you invade my country? I'll destroy your source of income.

Pakspul

50746974736b61

I hope they do it again.  And again.  And again.

JDWWV

redf389

SnooMuffins4560

wihannez

This is good.  It punishes Hungary for not being a team player in so many things.

No_Detail9259

This is the way. Sorry Hungary and Slovakia, but you have had over 3 years to find new supplies. Ukraine needs to do more of this to bleed Russia and end the war.

ingenkopaaisen

3 years was plenty. 

Hungary and Slovakia bet on the wrong horse. Sucks to suck.

Mr-Doubtful

elrohadtanarancs

I mean this is a completely valid target. This should be done long time ago. It was decided not ti finance Russia any more. Slovakia and Hungary are doing just that,..

FirstAnt1988

Hope we blow up every pipeline possible that give ruzzia finances to continue genociding us

demoman92

Fuck, I guess Ukraine forgot to ask orban how it should fight for survival when invaded by a petrochemical nuclear power.

Brutal-Sausage

JoshMega004

This will make Hungarians and Slovakians hate Ukraine, as the winter approaches. And no, reddit hivemind can’t comprehend this. Here everyone is against Orban, but average citizen only understands it’s own needs. They will blame Ukraine not Orban.


Hopefully Croatia will help out Hungary at least, if I’m not mistaken, Adria oil can supply Hungary. Which they will charge a lot, but at least Hungarian residents won’t be left to freeze.

finesalesman

This is called 'sanctions enforcement', and it should have been the EU slapping down those breaching sanctions. So, when the official routes fail, take direct action.

PermaLurks

Might actually stop relying on Russian oil for good 👍

thedarkknight787

Weak_Definition_4321

Oh no, a country being unprovokedly invaded chooses to go after their aggressors' way of financing that war after giving Europe more than three whole years to stop funding the invasion.

Though let's be real, it's more like 11 years, considering it started in 2014.

Anyways.

Metalmind123

We need way more of this. Destroy the things that helps Russia and I mean everything. This’ll hurt countries citizens that rely on Russia and I’m sorry for the innocent but it’s what must be done to stop a tyrant and more future tyranny.

PaulblankPF

nice that Ukraine is finally doing what had to be done long ago. Hungary and Slovakia such disgrace for rest of Europe...

rembakas

Just buy oil from another supplier, simple.
Ah, russia sold it for nothing...

Zodd74

AndyXerious

Now slovakia and Hungary will get oil from the north via Poland,  which is what the west wanted

SunSimilar9988

lastbreath83

I hate this alternative timeline we live in...As a hungarian I think they should done this sooner... This attack now Will nudge the elections, and not in a good way now.

I know most of europe hates us,  but our elections System, and the way we construct our votes and how we handle them, is a nightmare in 22 they wouldn't get 2/3 with a normal.fakkin election system.... Half.of the country either.didnt voted or not voted.for them... And not to start on that our  other political parties where nowhere near decent to give them a good run, against their fearmonger, ugly stupid propaganda...  Its all shit, 2026 is our last chance still democracy, or something like that, vanishes from this country with a thundering applause of stupidity... We have a population  of 9.562 million they got 2/3 with 3 million votes they got 2/3 against 2 million its fakked up.

Echosys

AgnaSkinner

zodiaken

The right thing to do. Even if Ukraine did sabotage within the EU I would probably just smile and sip tea. We shouldn't be buying a single gallon of oil or gas in Russia at this point.

FrozenChocoProduce

Biggeordiegeek

They attacked the part of the pipeline that's in Russia, so Hungary and Slovakia can pound sand. Guess they'll have to get their Russian oil from Turkey now.

Littlepage3130

Ukraine truly is a brave frontliner to counter Russian aggression. It's not possible to stop Russian oil through either EU or other European countries, but Ukraine helps do what is necessary.

gym_fun

So the two countries gave been sleeping for 3/11/30 years and gave bo reacted to the global reality. Further, they have done nothing to gelp Ukraine - and now they want EUs help?

Cry me a river - and get lost. 

AdventurousCrow6580

Well, good riddance. I can’t believe Russian gas and oil was still bought by EU countries until this point. This should have stopped in February 2022.

CiTrus007

mars_needs_socks

“”The Ukrainian strike drew an angry reaction from Budapest, which gets more than half its crude oil from the Druzhba pipeline. (Hungarian Foreign Minister). Szijjártó wrote … ““This is another attack on the energy security of our country. Another attempt to drag us into war.””

“”Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has refused to join EU partners in backing Kyiv with political, economic and military support.””

In a previous departure from EU support of Ukraine, Orban visited Putin in Moscow last year. Hungary and Slovakia are the only EU countries still importing Russian oil.

CharlieKonR

It’s hard to feel sorry for Hungary given how their leader has gone out of their way to help Putin and Russia, even trying to prevent Ukraine from having a chance at joining NATO.

Entropius

It came after Russia destroyed the azeri oil pump station near Odessa.

ChooPum6

As a slovakian i wana say:

Fucking go for it. Our head man sucks russian burgers every day and is the sole reason why anyone with a brain wants to leave

GUTSY-69

&gt; Ukraine has hit a key pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline bringing fuel to Europe from Russia, knocking out supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only remaining EU member states still receiving Russian oil.

GOOD

Shred, flatten, rupture and make unusable every piece of infrastructure they can find that allows Hungary and Slovakia to continue funding psychotic madman Putin's war against them.  Slava Ukraïni.

Silidistani

More precisely: they destroyed the large pumping station located at the distribution point where the pipeline branches off:

1 towards Western Europe

2 towards Eastern Europe, including Hungary and Slovakia

3 towards the Baltic Sea oil port and the shadow fleet

We Hungarians will be screwed, because the Orbán government has done nothing to enable refineries to process anything other than heavy crude oil from the Russian Urals.

In theory, there is a 90-day emergency reserve, but...

There is the Adria oil pipeline from the south, but its capacity is insufficient, and the Croatians charge very high transit fees...

Jglove37

&gt;While the other 25 EU member states halted Russian oil purchases as part of the bloc’s sanctions after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hungary and Slovakia have remained outliers

Sometimes it needs a little push to do the right thing. Good riddance

zuzg

Good. Proceeds from that oil are surely going towards funding the murder of innocent Ukrainians. If it also punishes Hungary and Slovakia for doing business with people slaughtering fellow Europeans, even better.

SnepButts

They should have targeted gas and oil lines from day 1. Spread the pain around.

Uberutang

Its russia making money this way that helps them buy troops from NK and funds their operations in election interference overseas i bet

apple_kicks

argama87

In other news: Hungary and Slovakia are still buying Russin oil.

Catus_felis

fluffs-von

AngronOfTheTwelfth

Well, the fact that Russia attacked Ukraine was the fault why my new car was more expansive and took longer until I got it. Also I pay more for heating and electricity and also groceries got more expansive...

Same thing other direction. But if I remember correctly Russia started all that. So anybody still making business with Russia should expect that they will get secondhand damage. Also since Russia started the war they are to blame...

hake2506

reala728

Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine's foreign minister's response


&gt;*Peter, it is Russia, not Ukraine, who began this war and refuses to end it. Hungary has been told for years that Moscow is an unreliable partner. Despite this, Hungary has made every effort to maintain its reliance on Russia. Even after the full-scale war began. You can now send your complaints—and threats—to your friends in Moscow.*

(https://x.com/andrii_sybiha/status/1957376609129787649)

Sky_HUN

They’ve only had 3+ years to diversify their supply, just like the rest of us. Who could have foreseen that relying on a pipeline in a literal active war-zone (for political reasons) might have consequences?

It’s genuinely depressing how so many of their electorate are still too stupid to recognise these realities.

Confident_Reporter14

Our minister of foreign affairs szíjjártó "lavrov's dog" péter is actually not ours, but the co-owned asset of putinistan, and the chinese communist party, just like his boss, orban.

disconnect0414

Well fuck you, Orbanistan. 

Yes, that's what I'm going to call it. Hungary is an old European nation with a long and interesting culture and history - like any European state. It deserves better than being Orbanistan.

medievalvelocipede

How do you say “boo-hoo” in Hungarian?

TheNplus1

So what? Orban won't have enough money for a new palace now?

St-Ass

Key-Lie-364

Russian oil halted to Hungary due to Russia not being able to secure their infrastructure due to a war they started.

helpnxt

When members of the Orban junta start crying over something, it's usually something they themselves could have prevented but instead blamed everyone else for. In short: Get stuffed.

SoldierPinkie

"Russian oil flows to Hungary halted because of ongoing war the Russians have started."

Fixed the headline.

Oxen_aka_nexO

Hungary’s foreign minister, Szijjártó Péter (and not just him), is using pretty much everything to portray Ukraine and Ukrainians as villains. There were even polls made in the bordering region of Ukraine to Hungary, asking civilians, how they would react in case of Hungarian military enters Ukraine, putting my tinfoil hat on here, but being such pro Russian in every case humanly possible is just plotting a bigger picture in my head. Thinking about either entering the war on some false premise in the future, or rigging the elections next spring on the pretext of some other crisis related to Ukraine. This government should be studied on corruption and spreading propaganda.

Many_Process8527

'Hungary still financing Russian war by buying their oil', fixed the headline

Kanotschi

No-Tomatillo3698

Crying wolf again? Who would believe you Szijjarto, maybe your friend Sergei (Lavrov)?

redshirt6666

The guy is also consistently the worst guy. [It's almost comical. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_Szijj%C3%A1rt%C3%B3#2015) He also went to Belarus just months after our soldier died defending our border from goons imported and equipped by Lukashenka.

kklashh

Fucker is straight up [threatening](https://x.com/FM_Szijjarto/status/1957354971441086608) Ukraine:

&gt;Finally, a reminder to Ukrainian decision-makers: electricity from Hungary plays a vital role in powering your country…

That's a new low.

Xylit-No-Spazzolino

This is like as if they were complaining in 1943, that because of the US Navy, they are not getting their Japanese sushi anymore.

RedLemonSlice

After failing to diversify away from an unreliable source such as Russia for more than three (3) years, I really cannot view Orbán's tears with sympathy.

Krnu777

oh no, so Hungary will have to buy their oil for cheaper from somewhere else.

MercatorLondon

Bango-TSW

minobi

Hungary under Orban has worked to aid TerroRuzzia. So it is pretty karmic.

Unlikely-Stage-4237

Sniffwee_Gloomshine

Good - now kick that shit state out of EU

Hekke1969

Aromatic-Deer3886

nizoubizou10

Hungary's current govt is trash and I don't get it why Hungarians keep them in power.


Many of them shop in Romania bcs it's cheaper, which clearly hints that being a Russian bootlicker makes no sense.

Sea_Helicopter_2556

Ant0n61

Jey3349

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