Serbia’s top military brass said Ukraine was not behind an incident involving explosives near a gas pipeline with Hungary, in a rebuke to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who heavily implied Kyiv was involved

They usually start off getting things done thanks to competent subordinates but as they consolidate power they inevitably start seeing that competence as a threat to their rule.  So inevitably they replace the competent people with less competent people who are easier to control.  Over time this erodes their ability to do just about everything.  So since you’re bad at everything now the only way to continue in power is to cheat.  Which inevitably ends up being transparent because the people around you are a bunch of incompetent yes-men. 

>You deserve everything that’s coming to you. Retirement with honours somewhere in Russia?

It does seem like there are more and more scandals for Fidez coming to light in just the last week. I have no doubt Orban has plenty of support still but there does seem to be some legitimate hope.

I am hoping he will pull his friend Vuçiçi down in the hole with him!

if anyone for real wanted to damage the pipleline, they wouldn't have just left the explosive device there with a trigger, but would have actually popped it. Real life is not Mcgyver.

Not by planting, but by simple drone ...

Like operation Spiderweb: clean, fast, massive

And certainly not when it would have helped Orbán win an election.

I kinda wonder if this was a Russian special op, and Serbia was supposed to play along and accuse Ukraine, but they see the writing on the wall for Orban so have backed off. That's my theory anyway.

Your statement just speaks of how knowledgeable you are in the matter.

Ukraine have nothing to gain from that.. And they're kinda busy. Orban has a lot to gain from uniting the public against Ukraine, he's gone full Russian ally and is desperate for the shortly upcoming election so you make up your own mind

It makes no sense for Ukraine to do it since they could have much more easily done the same thing in Ukraine without a complicated operation that could be discovered. Comparing it to nordstream makes no sense as that could only be done outside of Ukraine and there was no easy alternative.

They are not going to play in Ofban's cards right before the election. Orban was not leading.

I wonder who has acquired a few bits and pieces of US equipment because they've been fighting Ukraine on a dynamically moving front line for 4 years

No one is stupid enough to hand the would be assassin a dagger with his own initials carved on it.

Why would Ukraine do something that would potentially help Orban get reelected?