Hungary accuses Ukraine of plotting attack on TurkStream gas pipeline after explosives found in Serbia
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has suggested that Ukraine was behind an attempted attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline after explosives were discovered near the infrastructure.
Speaking in Kiskundorozsma on Monday, April 6, Szijjarto linked the incident to what he described as Ukraine’s broader energy objectives in Europe.
“Ukrainians have clear objectives. The goal of the Ukrainians is to oust Russian gas from Europe and exclude Russian oil entirely. To this end, they have taken political steps, and even legal actions have been initiated, as we must not forget that the first such violent event related to energy supply was the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline,” he said.
He further alleged a pattern of actions targeting energy infrastructure.
“Ukrainians blew up the Nord Stream pipeline, and then they closed the major natural gas pipeline through their territory,” Szijjarto continued. “In recent weeks, they attacked several times with dozens of drones the TurkStream pipeline on Russian territory. And now, it aligns with this that yesterday the Serbian authorities prevented a terrorist attack in which they intended to blow up the Serbian section of the TurkStream pipeline.”
The Nord Stream pipeline explosions in 2022 were blamed on Ukraine, with German investigators identifying Ukrainian divers involved. The United States was also implicated in some media reports, while both Washington and Kyiv denied involvement.
Szijjarto stated that TurkStream plays a key role in Hungary’s energy supply, accounting for about 56% of its daily gas needs. He announced plans to deploy military protection along the 250-kilometre pipeline.
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