Kyiv condemns ‘blackmail’ by Hungary and Slovakia as the energy standoff escalates.

Jones Hayden, Ben Munster   Politico.eu22 February 2026
Ukraine condemned “ultimatums ⁠and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after Budapest and Bratislava seized on the closure of a key oil pipeline and threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless ⁠Kyiv restarts flows of ​Russian oil.