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Hungary vows pressure on Ukraine over Druzhba oil pipeline shutdown

Smoke rises from an oil storage depot linked to the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk, Russia, on 25 April 2022. The facility is operated by Transneft-Druzhba, part of the Russian state pipeline company Transneft. AP

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pledged to use “political and financial tools” to force Ukraine to restart flows through the Druzhba pipeline, the key route for Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.

The dispute escalated on Friday after Ukraine accused Hungary of briefly detaining a group of Ukrainian bank employees transporting $40 million and nine kilogrammes of gold through the country.

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