PM Orbán promises to present “evidence” regarding condition of Druzhba pipeline on Monday

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced that the government will present evidence on Monday morning regarding the condition of the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Writing on his Facebook page on Sunday evening, the prime minister said that “extraordinary information” had been received over the weekend. He added that the government had gathered proof concerning the state of the pipeline and would make the findings public.

“We will not allow fuel prices to hit HUF 1,000”

In a separate post accompanied by a video recorded during a site visit to the refinery in Százhalombatta, Orbán said the government would not allow petrol prices to rise to HUF 1,000 per litre.

“We will break Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s oil blockade,” he wrote, suggesting that the suspension of supplies was politically motivated rather than technical in nature.

MOL chief warns of sharp price hikes

Standing next to the pipeline, MOL Group chairman and CEO Zsolt Hernádi explained in the video that even a small drop in crude oil output can have serious market consequences, MTI writes.

“Historically, a one-percent fall in oil production has led to a ten-percent increase in prices,” he said.