Budapest and Kyiv have once again clashed over the status of the Druzhba pipeline, putting Brussels in an awkward position amid a dispute that has stalled a €90 billion European Loan to Ukraine and shows no sign of being resolved soon.
In a new letter, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose veto has outraged his fellow leaders, asked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to "increase political pressure" on Ukraine to restart crude deliveries through the Soviet-era pipeline.