The European Commission has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s apparent threat to use violence against Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán, amid escalating tensions between Budapest and Kyiv over Ukraine’s failure to repair a critical oil pipeline.
“Specifically in relation to the comments made by President Zelenskyy: we are very clear as the European Commission that that type of language is not acceptable,” Commission deputy spokesperson Olof Gill told reporters on Friday. “There must not be threats against EU member states.”
His comments came after Zelenskyy said yesterday that he would “give the address” of Orbán to Ukrainian soldiers, who will then “call him and speak” to the Moscow-friendly Hungarian premier “in their own language”.
Orbán is blocking a critical €90 billion EU loan to Kyiv over Ukraine’s failure to repair the Druzhba pipeline, which carries Russian oil to Hungary via Ukraine. Zelenskyy has argued that fierce Russian…
