Kyiv condemns ‘blackmail’ by Hungary, Slovakia as energy standoff escalates
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Ukraine condemned “ultimatums and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after Budapest and Bratislava threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv restarts flows of Russian oil. Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia have been cut off since Jan. 27, when Kyiv says a Russian drone strike hit pipeline equipment in western Ukraine. Slovakia and Hungary accuse Ukraine of slow-walking the repairs for political purposes. Slovakia’s Prime
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