How Zelenskys oil blockade against EU states backfired on Ukraine

Iran Herald · March 17, 2026 Sanctions

By cutting off Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, Kiev has triggered a row that delays a vital loan Ukraine has agreed to an EU inspection of the Druzhba oil pipeline on its territory, in a lastminute attempt to ease a dispute with Hungary that has blocked a €90 billion ($105 billion) EU loan package.