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MENCZER: UKRAINE PUNISHING HUNGARY FOR PRO-PEACE STANCE

 

Ukraine is „brutally attacking Hungary for its pro-peace stance”, Fidesz communications director Tamás Menczer on Tuesday, referring to a decision to shut down a pipeline carrying Russian crude to Hungary. „They’re trying to destroy those who support peace, using every possible means… It is dishonest, unacceptable and illegitimate,” the ruling party’s spokesman said in a video posted on Facebook. Menczer cited a Ukrainian MP as saying that Hungary’s resistance towards arms shipments to Ukraine „must be broken”. „We are being punished for being pro-peace; this time our energy security is under attack. It is quite possible that it was not Ukraine’s idea alone; they may have been assisted by pro-war Brussels circles or even US Democrats,” he said.
„Everyone should be prepared: Hungary won’t let it go,” he warned.