Szijjártó attacked Zelenskyy: what happened?

The minister stated that Zelensky allegedly "used Ukraine's national holiday to crudely threaten Hungary."

He accused Ukraine of "serious attacks" on Hungary's energy security, and said that "attacks on energy security should be interpreted as attacks on sovereignty."

A war we have nothing to do with is not a legitimate explanation for the violation of our sovereignty. We call on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop his threats to Hungary and stop jeopardizing our energy security.

Peter Szijjarto

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

On August 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted that the attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline were directly related to Hungary's position on Ukraine's accession to the EU.

On August 21, President Zelenskyy said that he had appealed to his American counterpart Donald Trump with a request to influence Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban not to block Ukraine's accession to the European Union.

On August 22, Hungary received a report that the Druzhba oil pipeline on the Russian-Belarusian border had been "attacked for the third time in a short period of time."