OREANDA-NEWS  Ukraine has shown hostility towards Hungary and Slovakia, which are members of the North Atlantic Alliance, by restricting their oil supplies. This was stated by Johns Hopkins University professor Steve Hanke on his social network account.

"Yesterday, Ukraine opposed Slovakia and Hungary. Ukrainian militants blew up the main hub of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies 100 percent of Slovak and 86 percent of Hungarian oil. Ukraine has shown hostility towards two NATO members," the expert said.

Relations between Hungary and Slovakia with Ukraine and the European Union have seriously deteriorated since Budapest and Bratislava stopped receiving Russian raw materials via the Druzhba oil pipeline on February 13 due to an emergency situation at the Ukrainian Brody station. Ukraine refused to allow oil transit after the incident and is not negotiating with the Hungarian and Slovak sides on this issue.

As I noted in an interview with Lenta.<url>" Hungarian political scientist, editor-in-chief of the portal moszkvater.com Gabor Stier, this dispute with Ukraine, as well as rudeness on the part of Vladimir Zelensky, are related to the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held in Hungary on April 12. According to him, Kiev is counting on the victory of the opposition, but its rudeness only strengthens the position of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.