Kyiv Blocks Top EU Leaders from Visiting Druzhba Pipeline

Ukraine reportedly denied EU leaders access to the Druzhba pipeline during their Kyiv visit, according to diplomats cited by the Financial Times, deepening an already fraught dispute over halted oil transit that has become central to Hungary’s election campaign.

Zelenskyy Says Orbán Will Lose April Election

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has openly weighed in on Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary election, expressing confidence that Viktor Orbán will be defeated and that relations can then be ‘normalized’.

Zelenskyy Admits No Political Will to Restart Druzhba Transit

Volodymyr Zelenskyy bluntly claimed that Ukraine has no intention whatsoever of restarting oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, placing Hungarian and Slovak energy security in serious jeopardy. Viktor Orbán responded by calling on the European Commission to enforce treaty obligations on Kyiv.

Hungary’s Election Shaped by Ukraine’s Druzhba Blackmail and Iran Crisis

As global energy markets spiral in the wake of the crisis in Iran, Hungary faces a compounded challenge just weeks before its parliamentary election, with Ukraine’s blockade of the Druzhba pipeline threatening supply stability. The timing is politically charged, placing energy security at the centre of the campaign.

A man looks through biculars as a plume of smoke rises after a military strike on the capital Tehran on March 2, 2026.

Deterrence by Force: What the Strike on Iran Signals about American Power

‘In the longer term, an Iran that is preoccupied with its own severe domestic problems—trying to avoid elite fragmentation and consolidate new leadership, or even move toward a more consultative system with less clerical influence and more power sharing—will lack the energy and resources to meddle in the region.’

X Breaks Usage Records as Iran War Content Floods Platform

Social media platform X recorded its highest-ever usage over the weekend following the US–Israeli strikes on Iran, Elon Musk announced. The surge was driven by a flood of real-time footage and analysis, as the platform once again became a central hub for tracking rapidly unfolding military developments.