Oil supplies to Hungary have not decreased – Chernyshov
7 August 2024 09:18
Despite Ukraine’s sanctions against the Russian company Lukoil, the volume of oil supplies to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic has not decreased. This was stated by Naftogaz CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov in an interview with NV.ua, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
“The volume of supplies in July, by the way, remained at the level of previous months,”
– the official said.
He added that this is due to the fact that the agreement between Ukraine’s Ukrtransnafta and Russia’s Transneft on oil transit to these countries is still in force.
Chernyshov noted that the refineries in Hungary and Slovakia have not experienced any changes after the sanctions against Lukoil.
“They received the same volume of oil, but the structure of its owners may differ,” he said,
– added the head of Naftogaz.
In June, Ukraine tightened sanctions against Russia’s Lukoil, which in July halted oil transit from the company to Slovakia and Hungary. In response , Hungary accused Ukraine of violating the Association Agreement and threatened legal action. The European Union, however, is not prepared to help Hungary.
Hungary vs Ukraine
Today’s Hungary is a long-time supporter of Russia and an enemy of Ukraine. Among other things, Hungary is delaying the adoption of legislation that would allow Ukraine to receive up to €2 billion from the EU for weapons at the expense of profits from frozen Russian assets.
After a lengthy debate, EU member states agreed in May to use the proceeds of about €190 billion of frozen Russian assets held in the Belgian depository Euroclear to buy weapons for Ukraine. However, Hungary opposed this, refusing to provide unanimous EU support for each payment to Ukraine. At the same time, Hungary does not seem to object in general, but has concerns about the automation of payments.
The situation is further complicated by the fact that Hungary took over the EU presidency for six months on 1 July, giving it more influence and making it even harder for EU officials to convince it.
