Kiev rejects any attempts to link Ukraine to the explosive incident found near a Turkish gas pipeline in Serbia. About this male Representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Georgy Tykhi.
He added: “Ukraine has nothing to do with this. Most likely, this is a false Russian operation as part of Moscow’s large-scale interference in the Hungarian elections.”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó after a security meeting called by Prime Minister Viktor Orban maleEurope is approaching a serious energy crisis, caused primarily by the wars in Iran and Ukraine. In this case, more raw materials will be needed, while Kiev, according to Szijjarto, “is trying to cut off supplies of oil and natural gas to Europe.” He added that earlier, “the Ukrainians blew up the Nord Stream gas pipeline, but they claimed for a long time that the Russians did it.” In his opinion, the incident that occurred in Serbia “fits well with Ukraine’s attempts to prevent the transfer of Russian gas and oil to Europe.”
Viktor Orban did not directly accuse Ukraine of involvement in what happened in Serbia, however maleAnd Kyiv “has been trying to cut off Russian energy from Europe for years.”
A similar fake operation involving a gas pipeline in Serbia was discussed in Hungary in recent days as part of an attempt to influence the Hungarian elections, a former Hungarian intelligence official told Reuters. A similar version was expressed by the leader of the Hungarian opposition party Tisza Peter Magyara.
He added: “Many people publicly indicated that on Easter, a week before the Hungarian elections, there would be some kind of ‘accident’ on the gas pipeline in Serbia. And that is what happened.”
On the morning of April 5, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that explosives had been found in the gas infrastructure area linking Serbia and Hungary. He later explained that the explosives were found in the village of Velebit (Kanija community), hundreds of meters from the Balkan gas pipeline. This is part of the Turkish stream through which Hungary receives Russian gas. According to Vucic, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was informed of the incident.
According to the Financial Times, the Kremlin launched an information campaign aimed at helping Orban and his Fidesz party win the parliamentary elections in April 2026. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described this information as fake.