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News & Current Events Apr 23, 2026 at 11:01 AM

Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary

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Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary
Kyiv Post
Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary
Slovakian Prime Minister Fico seems to have predicted accurately that once Ukraine got a €90 billion military loan package Hungary had been blocking, Kyiv’s drones might hit Druzhba again.
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andrerav 2 days ago +1461
I haven't been following this at all, and both the title and article is confusing. Can someone ELI5 what this situation is about?
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Ashamed-Goat 2 days ago +2799
Ukraine repaired the pipeline in Ukrainian territory, but then proceeded to blow up the pipeline upstream in Russian territory.
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ButterscotchTop194 2 days ago +831
Soooo, is the pipeline now useless and Hungary aren't getting supplied?
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PropOnTop 2 days ago +1714
It's up to the Russians to repair the damage now.
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DrunkOnRamen 2 days ago +620
as the 4channers would say "kek"
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JCDU 2 days ago +303
Maybe even "top kek"
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ITakeMassiveDumps 2 days ago +175
kek <- this kek kek kek kek kek kek kek
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GatorNator83 2 days ago +25
Kek is a lie
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MotionlessTraveler 1 day ago +13
Suck my kek
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t0advine 1 day ago +7
uppermost kek
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Strayed8492 2 days ago +34
keksimus maximus
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DurgeDidNothingWrong 2 days ago +49
Kekw for zoomers
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itisrainingweiners 2 days ago +39
I thought kek was a world of Warcraft thing?
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DrunkOnRamen 2 days ago +26
That's the origin of it but it got popular on 4chan
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gl0ckage 1 day ago +6
I'm sure Lol came out as KEK for the other team in warcraft. I had a warcraft rogue called gankerkek back in 2005. Not sure how long 4chans been around but certainly feels like 4 can didn't make popular?
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pathanb 1 day ago +19
"kek" was how Horde's "lol" read to Alliance players, and "bur" the other way around, if memory serves (I last played in 2012).
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Effective-Nebula1969 1 day ago +7
You are correct sir
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mylifebelikewoohaah 2 days ago +12
Yes!! If you type LOL as horde, Alliance will see kek. Also f*** the horde.
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Salty_Paroxysm 2 days ago +21
Bur, Alliance dweeb
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mylifebelikewoohaah 2 days ago +4
Bet you’re the kind who forgets to use BL
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RealZeratul 2 days ago +5
It's popular in Blizzard games because StarCraft was/is big in Korea. kek is short for kekeke (ㅋㅋㅋ) which is the Korean version of he he he (i.e., the sound of chuckling or laughter) and is therefor used like lol.
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MonkeyShaman 1 day ago +3
This is correct. I've read kek online since the late 90's.
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Infinite-Land-232 1 day ago +5
Will Ukraine send drones to help?
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anachronistic_circus 2 days ago +375
A bit more complicated than that. Druzhba is a general name for a couple of pipelines and is part of a larger network. Could be they hit a pumping station responsible for the part which went to  southern Russia or Kazakhstan for export. Don’t know if Zelenskys govt would risk catapulting any good relations with Magyar already. (Or maybe the Ukrainian Magyar took matters into his own hands… you guys can Google him …)
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FishCameThrough 2 days ago +81
According to the article, they hit a refinery upstream to the fork, but noone talks about the northern branch :-)
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sephirothFFVII 2 days ago +171
Yep. While it transports kazak oil the Russians can and do mix their oil in as well. Ukraine is at war and needs to starve the Russian economy so this is a valid military target
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GibDirBerlin 2 days ago +99
Didn't Putin just announce yesterday not to transit Kazakh Oil to the EU anymore? Seems like a hilarious counter on Ukraine's part. "You don't want to send Kazakh oil to Europe anymore? Well, then you won't send your own oil either..."
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MethAddictJr 2 days ago +30
Its not to Europe, but to Germany, more specifically to a particular refinery if Im not mistaken
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VioletKate99 2 days ago +10
Per the article they hit the pipeline, or at least some pumping station connected to it, going towards Belarus, which is the same one that delivers to most of Central Europe. But it is unclear wether this interrupted delivery actually.
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idryss_m 2 days ago +108
They can waste resources fixing it, or continue to not sell. Now their choice.
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andrejRavenclaw 2 days ago +47
that's the level of fuckyou's I aspire to
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +2
Top tier Malicious Compliance.
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Suspicious_Bicycle 1 day ago +9
After Ukraine repaired their portion of the pipeline **and unlocked a 90 billion euro loan** they blew up a Russian pumping station.
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svjaty 1 day ago +6
Ukrainians are now plainly trolling Hungary and Slovakia and I love it as a Slovak
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obidobi 1 day ago +4
Russias only way to delay the 90 billion loan could be to claim Ukraine destroyed a pumping station? This would be worth more to Russia then actually pumping the oil? Or have the loan been 100% confirmed?
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GardeniaFrangipani 1 day ago +7
Russia can’t delay the loan, as it’s not in the EU. You might be thinking of the UN that Russia can veto in, and yes it’s been formally approved.
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Iamz01 2 days ago +728
The pipeline was damaged long ago by the Russian forces in Ukrainian territory. Slovakia and Hungary told Ukraine to fix it because they relied on it. Ukraine said they didn't break it. Hungary blocked a large EU loan for Ukraine. Ukraine fixed it, then broke an upstream station in Russia instead.
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PropOnTop 2 days ago +419
Slovak here: Slovakia has had many chances in the last 30 years to diversify its sources of raw materials. It never did. Hungary likewise. Orban and Fico are Russian assets so no diversification away from Russian gas/oil could be expected from them (Orban ruled in Hungary for 16 years and Fico for a cumulative 12 years so it's not like they did not have a chance). Interestingly, they both pivoted away from a pro-EU, pro-Western stance early on. Even as a Slovak I'd say: bomb the pipeline. For now, we should be taking no Russian oil. I'll gladly pay more to buy somebody else's.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 2 days ago +49
What are the chances Slovakia rids themselves of Fico any time soon?
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andree182 2 days ago +52
They were pretty solid not long time ago. Sadly, much of the opposition is in hibernation now, probably waiting until the next years elections. That strategy didn't work once in the 30 years of the country existence...
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ryelrilers 2 days ago +35
After Petre Roman, and Peter Magyar find a guy called Peter Slovak and found a new party. ;)
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Brief_Hospital_1766 2 days ago +20
Oh, so pretty much just like the American 'opposition'.
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Lojzko 2 days ago +31
Slim. The last time required Fico to be embroiled in the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancée. Doubt he’ll make that mistake again. Furthermore, Fico is hated by the majority of the country and is only prime minister because he formed a coalition with another ~~more popular~~ party and promised to help that leader become president if Fico was PM. I think I calculated how much of the electorate voted for him and it was down around ~~10~~ 18% (~~3rd place~~ first place but very close to second, and low turn out). HLAS was the 3rd place and is basically a re-skinned version of Fico's party but without the albatross of being Fico. Basically, it’s a political farce. If you can stomach it, watch the movie [Švina](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11239374/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) to watch what happened in a “names were changed” version of what happened. Edit: My fuddled brain mixed 2 parties up. harphield kindly pointed this out below.
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harphield 2 days ago +6
>Furthermore, Fico is hated by the majority of the country and is only prime minister because he formed a coalition with another more popular party and promised to help that leader become president if Fico was PM. No, Smer (Fico's party) won the election in 2023. The current president's party was 3rd, and yes, they formed a coalition, but that was inevitable, since they are practically the same party (Hlas splintered from Smer, conspiracy theory says to diversify the voter potential).
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Brief_Hospital_1766 2 days ago +5
Will definitely watch! Thanks for the reply.
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Niktodt1 2 days ago +14
Less than 10% to be honest. We don't have a charismatic opposition leader like Magyar. Fico is very likely to govern until 2032. Even if he won't win in 2027, the new "nazi apologetic" party Reublika is gaining a lot of traction and they could be even worse than Fico (they are popular since the only thing they do is say "Brussels bad, Putin good, f*** the liberals, exit EU, exit NATO, join BRICS, peace, no war" all over again every single day).
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Brief_Hospital_1766 2 days ago +10
Yeah, that seems to be the Russian play book everywhere, and unfortunately there are a lot of stupid people that buy into it.
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ern0plus4 1 day ago +2
Hungarian here: exactly.  Follow techniques of Tisza party to get rid of your version of Orbán. (Fun fact: I have a CS badge from ca. 1988: "Za aktyvnu pracu v SZM", ja bol praktikant v pionerskom tabore, Pezinok, nedaleko Bratislava)
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Every-Ad-3488 1 day ago +2
It's interesting how Fico, Orban and Zeman were all pro-European but then went pro-Russian (although Zeman seems to have gone anti-Russian again - it's either terminal lucidity or he's sobered up)
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Confident_Dragon 2 days ago +2
How did their "diversification" affect their gasoline prices?
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Usefullles 2 days ago +2
In peacetime? It will raise prices due to complex and expensive logistics routes (pipeline oil is the cheapest, in Slovakia, diversification means renting/building a port on foreign territory, laying a pipeline from there, and purchasing tanker oil that is expensive relative to pipeline oil). In a time of crisis? Add to the complicated logistical routes the rise in price of oil itself.
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Top_Action_6095 2 days ago +71
Thanks. That logic works..
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andrerav 2 days ago +7
Great, thank you!
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Rollover__Hazard 1 day ago +8
*Pipe is broken* Ukraine: “we didn’t break it” *Pipe is broken again* Ukraine: “okay that one was us but the one before still no”
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anders_hansson 1 day ago +3
I guess that this doesn't really improve Hungary's new leadership's trust in Ukraine. For the record, it started even earlier. Ukraine first took out the Druzhba pipeline in Russia in August 2025: [Hungary Howls as Ukraine Strikes Key Pipeline](https://cepa.org/article/hungary-howls-as-ukraine-strikes-key-pipeline/)
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Reddit_Loves_Misinfo 2 days ago +125
Slovokia and Hungary rely on oil from Russia that travels *through Ukraine* via pipeline. Russia destroyed part of that pipeline a while ago during their attacks on Ukraine. Slovokia and Hungary have been vetoing a €90 billion loan from the EU to Ukraine because they claimed Ukraine was delaying repairs to that pipeline. Ukraine finished repairing the pipeline yesterday, so Slovokia and Hungary allowed the loan to go through. A few hours after the loan was approved, Ukraine destroyed part of that same pipeline supply network in Russian territory.
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Awesomeman204 2 days ago +89
Genuinely funny as f***
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +3
Comedic timing is a quality Zalensky has always been known for. He’s got a few cards and knows how to wear a suit.
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +2
Critical point to add…the part of the pipeline that was destroyed was 800km away from Ukraine deep in Russian territory and while connected to the pipeline the infrastructure in question was not the sole source of oil for the pipeline. There will be a direct impact but it is tied to the total volume and consistency of delivery. It’s not the only pump station in the network.
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RiriaaeleL 2 days ago +82
So Ukraine got a really big loan that was dependent on them allowing Russian oil to go back into the EU The front page of Listnook yesterday was celebrating this and the top comment on it said that they would allow the oil to go through, take the loan money, and then stop the oil again Which is what they did.
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Proud-Pilot9300 2 days ago +70
Good. And they didn’t stop the flow of oil, the pipeline in Ukraine is repaired as per the agreement. The Russians just can’t keep their sky secure and that’s not the problem of the EU or Ukraine. If they don’t want their oil pumps to be blown up they can take their garbage from Ukraine and bring them back home.
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Pitiful-Assistance-1 1 day ago +3
I saw that! Didn’t expect it to be this blatant and fast
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darling_moishe 2 days ago +9
I'm with you, I'm not following
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VereksHarad 2 days ago +110
EU wanted us to fix the pipeline that is transferring oil for them from Russia. You know.... Oil that they are buying from them... With money... That Russia is using to fund their war. So our government was like: ok. We fixed it. But it's not our problem that now it's damaged on Russian territory. So it's still doesn't work. "Not my circus, not my monkeys"
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Lord_Montague 2 days ago +32
"We towed it outside the environment."
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TheVenetianMask 2 days ago +7
There's nothing out there.
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KorkeastaRuohikosta 2 days ago +6
Except a pumping station that is on fire.
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noir_lord 2 days ago +5
Chance in a million, strict safety standards.
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KorkeastaRuohikosta 2 days ago +3
Cardboard?
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noir_lord 2 days ago +3
Well, Cardboard’s out and no cardboard derivatives
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Killerfisk 1 day ago +6
>~~EU~~ Hungary and Slovakia wanted us to fix the pipeline that is transferring oil for them from Russia. FTFY
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darling_moishe 1 day ago +2
Wild that they expected you to fix it in the first place
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VereksHarad 1 day ago +3
Hungry and Slovakia were making a fuss and making good use of their veto power to make things difficult for everyone.
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Aidircot 1 day ago +2
*This game can be played both*
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andrerav 1 day ago +2
Right, thank you very much for clearing that up.
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uttyrc 2 days ago +422
It's funnier if you know what Druzhba means in Russian. (friendship)
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_vlad__ 2 days ago +130
In Romanian, drujbă (pronounced the same way I think) means chainsaw.
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AschAschAsch 2 days ago +153
That's because of USSR-made chainsaws named "Druzhba". They were so popular, it became a word in Romanian (like jeep or velcro).
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Organic-Evening-907 2 days ago +32
We sometimes use the word "Flex" for angle grinder in Hungary, similar story. edit: It's nice to see the word is more widespread than I thought.
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123garfield 2 days ago +18
In germany we almost only use the word flex instead of Winkelschleifer (angle grinder)
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RetardedPrimate 2 days ago +11
In Lithuania we also call it ‘Fleksas’ or ‘Bulgarkė’. I have no idea how or if it’s related to Bulgarians…
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BaseReal1942 2 days ago +10
This is because belt sanders were popular in the USSR, and they were manufactured in Bulgaria; they were reliable and powerful. At that time, there were no other locally produced models. The only exception was pneumatic sanders, but those were factory-made and required powerful compressors. Source: experience at a shipbuilding plant spanning two generations.
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renaldas453 2 days ago +3
Because 'made in Bulgaria' was written on them
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RedditIsFascistShit4 2 days ago +2
Latvians say 'Fleksis' :D
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osoltokurva 2 days ago +10
In Czechia we also us "Flexa" 🤣
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ctrifan 2 days ago +3
We also use flex în Romania.
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Fearless_Parking_436 2 days ago +11
Fun fact it was invented by Estonian author Boris Kabur while he was sentenced to forced labor in Siberia by Soviet fuckheads after ww2. His crime was being a scientist. He was kn university during the war and while Estonia was occupied by nazis and that was enough. He wrote sci-fi. Another anecdote is that he calculated if it makes more sense to fill the work norm and get full portion of bread or fill half norm and get half portion. Half portion made more sense for survival. But having a chainsaw saved even more lives.
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Worth-Ad-1797 1 day ago +2
Wiki says this chainsaw was constructed in Zaporizhia construction bureau in 1953. While Kabur remained imprisoned until 1954. 
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Beibzi 2 days ago +5
Had to look it up cause i couldn't believe it and it's correct. We are cutting trees with friendship, kinda ironic. 
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IvyElMessiah 2 days ago +6
The whole system is called like “Friendship Oil Pipe” in hungarian
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RW-Firerider 2 days ago +10
The joke gets better by the minute!
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VirusSlo 1 day ago +2
in Slovenian it means society/company
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JustTheChicken 2 days ago +520
> The night battle between Ukrainian robot aircraft and Russian air defenses Oh, what a time to be alive.
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DanS1993 2 days ago +156
Born to late to explore the earth, born to early to explore the cosmos, born just in time to be enslaved by the robot uprising. 
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reallygoodbee 2 days ago +52
1960s: Robots will do work for you, giving you more time for art and hobbies. 2020s: Robots will do art and hobbies for you, giving you more time for work.
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big-snarling-moose 1 day ago +9
2030s: robots will bomb your infrastructure and gun you down as you flee the explosions
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DrunkOnRamen 2 days ago +41
can we at least BBQ some billionaires because getting into Matrix like battles?
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smurfsundermybed 2 days ago +13
The new Ukraine national anthem is going to be the theme to T2.
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gauntletthegreat 2 days ago +476
The idea that a nation that is currently bombing your children needs to be allowed to export resources through infrastructure that you maintain is just insane to me.
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MinimumApricot 2 days ago +32
I'm sorry, did you forget Russians firing tank shells into the cars of fleeing civilians on day 1? Or the major cyber attacks against Ukrainian civ infrastructure since like 2014, with a major attack on power infrastructure attempted hours before the Russian invasion? "One side decided to step it up", more like Ukraine had/has their hand tied by allies. Otherwise they would have used HIMARS on Russian bases, depots, etc.
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GardeniaFrangipani 1 day ago +6
Who could forget the iconic photo of the very pregnant woman with a severe pelvic injury on a stretcher after a children’s and maternity hospital was bombed in Mariupol very early in the war? Her baby died in her womb and she followed soon after.
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FingerCommon7093 2 days ago +41
Isn't it Russias job to defend their oil pumping stations? It's a viable target. Actually Kiev should be ordering constant attacks on it. $300 drones taking $500,000.oo anti drone missiles to shoot down is a trade off Ukraine should be happy for. The bonus of stopping Russian oil sales is the cherry on top. Bankrupt Putin's Russia the way the USA bankrupted the USSR.
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Sweet_Concept2211 2 days ago +594
I dunno... What is the lesson, here? Maybe... don't source energy from a country that is in the midst of the largest European hot war since WWII, if you give the slightest shit about energy security?
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Ippzz 2 days ago +506
Nah the lesson here is funnier than that Previously the pipe was damaged by Russia in Ukraine and told Ukraine to repair it. So Hungary and Slovakia pressed them for months. Ukraine repaired the pipe a couple hours ago and decided to damage it further back into Russia's territory telling them now to repair it so Hungary and Slovakia can get their oil. Zelensky remembered he was a comedian and drew the ultimate troll card. Now watch Putin claim he can't repair it and that Ukraine is the sole responsible yadi yada.
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Dexterus 2 days ago +182
It's funny cause Ukraine blew it up right after the loan vote passed, hahaha. Tricked Hungary and Slovakia and the EU and made it Russia's problem at the same time. Nice one.
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Pocok5 2 days ago +104
Realistically Druzhba isn't a hard requirement for our oil supply. The pipeline from the Adriatic is being utilized at less than one third capacity for example. Orbán literally refused to buy non-russian oil through it. The share of russian oil in the hungarian imports increased from ~60 percent to over 90% during the war - it was obviously just a channel to shovel money to russia, hence the refusal to implement actual redundancies.
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Negative-Ask-2317 2 days ago +40
Not just Russia - Orban was also funneling money to CPAC in the US (which would be illegal foreign election interference), according to the incoming Hungarian PM.
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UnSpanishInquisition 1 day ago +13
I mean he literally had Vance come over to beg for votes so no surprise there.
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Dexterus 2 days ago +2
Is it at least cheaper?
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Pocok5 2 days ago +38
The oil is c**** but the fuel at the pump is not compared to other EU countries. The difference was pocketed by MOL/the goverment and much of it was sent to russia via massively overpaying for the pipe transport fees.
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Kixisbestclone 2 days ago +16
This just seems stupid, not clever. The reason that loan passed was because Hungary voted out notably pro-Russia Orban for a more pro-Ukraine leader. All this does is just make a lot of Hungarians feel like they made the wrong choice and shouldn’t have supported Ukraine.
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Proud-Pilot9300 2 days ago +48
If Hungarians pressured Ukraine to fix an oil pipeline that was struck by Russia shouldn’t they pressure Russia to fix an oil pump struck by Ukraine? Anything else would make them look stupid, Russian bootlickers even.
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Kixisbestclone 2 days ago +8
It would if it was the same government that pressured Ukraine that was in power. It is not.
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Radiant-Complaint297 2 days ago +7
It was the new government that made the deal with Ukraine to repair the pipeline in order to get eu funding
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AdPleasant4670 2 days ago +5
Yeah but the voters are the same...
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AdPleasant4670 2 days ago +11
Yeah but the new government has to convince the elderly voters that Ukraine is an ally instead of an enemy. This will just make it extra easy to spread the opposite opinion since the whole propaganda was that Ukraine WANTS to make hungarians suffer by cutting off the oil. Also Ukraine was pressured because it wanted a lot of thing from the EU while with Russia you can't really.
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Proud-Pilot9300 2 days ago +9
No Ukraine was pressured because Orban preferred the taste of putins a****** than being a good leader for his people and it shouldn’t be Ukraine’s responsibility to convince elderly Hungarians that Russia is the enemy since they’re pretty busy protecting their own people from that enemy. If elderly Hungarians want their oil they should buy it from someone who can protect their infrastructure.
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Few-Advantage2538 2 days ago +10
That's all nice and dandy, but at the end of the day, you have to be diplomatic. Sure, you can say f*** the gas pipe, but if Hungarian voters get angry and elect Orbán again, well, it's worse for Ukraine
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ForwardAd4643 2 days ago +14
You are aware that they literally just voted two weeks ago and won't have another election for four years?
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Proud-Pilot9300 2 days ago +5
Ukraine has been nothing but diplomatic and putins lapdogs haven’t changed their tune, now they can use the same arguments Hungarian politicians used for the past year against them. “When Russia bombed the pipeline in our territory that provides you with oil you blamed us for not fixing it, now that we bombed the pump in Russia that provides you with oil go blame russia.” What is this if not diplomatic? Only way this could be better is if they reopened the pipeline a few days before the Hungarian elections but Orban would move the goalposts and still veto the loan to Ukraine. I’m tired of us holding Ukraine up to an idealistic standard of how they should fight for survival, as long as Ukraine doesn’t bomb civilians, kidnap children and leave mass graves everywhere they go they should be allowed to fight the war as they see fit. “But if Hungarian voters get angry” well f*** them. Hungary has been increasing the oil they import from Russia during the war even though they have an alternative pipeline coming from Croatia. So Hungary is putting money in Russian pockets even though they have a clear alternative and they have the audacity to blame Ukraine for their wilful lack of diversification. Why should Ukraine care? They have more important things going on. If anyone should convince Hungarians who their real enemy is, it’s Hungarians.
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Few-Advantage2538 2 days ago +3
Do I really have to explain why it's not very diplomatic? Either way, foreign relations are not guided by morals, they are guided by interests. If Ukraine doesn't care about Hungary, that's fine, but don't be surprised if Hungary in the future doesn't care back.
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wildfyre010 2 days ago +9
This is actually very funny
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jjjjj-1 1 day ago +2
*Slovakia Serbia is not involved 
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Airick39 2 days ago +72
It's like only bad people sell energy.
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KP_Wrath 2 days ago +39
Kinda like blood diamonds of the 21st century. The Venn diagram of the worst people you know the people selling oil are almost a perfect circle.
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Rocktopod 2 days ago +6
Or like oil barons of the 20th century Or like oil barons from the 19th century.
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DocPsychosis 2 days ago +22
A huge portion of Norway's economy, like a quarter of total and half of export, is petroleum based. No one likes to talk about it because Listnook loves Norway and hates petroleum so it gets awkward to admit. Likewise over 10% of Scottish GDP.
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_PROBABLY_CORRECT 2 days ago +27
Except they fund a sovereign wealth fund and take care of their people as opposed to pure extraction global capitalism
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cennep44 2 days ago +11
Norway has the luxury of being able to do that because they have vast reserves but a tiny population. The UK was never in that position but did exploit its reserves for decades, generating hundreds of billions in taxes which have been spent on keeping the UK in a lifestyle it would otherwise have struggled to afford.
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Corpus76 1 day ago +2
Do people really believe that extracting and selling oil is inherently evil?
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Airick39 1 day ago +2
It's complicated. https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs?si=OTV9aX36t-YO0drI
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Sweet_Concept2211 2 days ago +44
It's like the entire rest of Europe surrounding Slovakia and Hungary sources the vast majority of their energy from countries that *aren't attacking Europe* - but those two countries had pro-Russia governments, so they are still on Putin's teet.
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Nervous-Cockroach541 2 days ago +19
Oil makes countries bad. Oil doesn't need roads, it doesn't need schools, it doesn't need a productive population. Any expertise that is needed for maintenance or expansion can be easily be imported. Then you can just sit back and collect revenues. On the other hand, countries without oil have to invest in their populations to earn high levels of income. These people then in return have more time and freedom to demand better from their government.
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_groovesharkmalone 2 days ago +13
Now explain Norway.
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NeedsMoreSpaceships 2 days ago +11
_Allows_ would be better wordings. Norway and Canada were already liberal democracies before the oil money. Most other oil states were fucked already and oil money just entrenches that because it's easy to just make and keep the money without having to invest in the population.
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Defiant-Peace-493 2 days ago +8
Looks like their big discovery was in 1969, by which point their people were already demanding better from their government. Another data point might be Rockefeller; his Standard Oil was unscrupulous to the point of being one of the inspirations for the Sherman Antitrust Act (see also [Robber Barons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist))), but also contributed substantially to charity, including medical research and education. To add a bit more murk, his commitment to donate half his wealth to charity came the year before Standard Oil was [forced to split](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successors_of_Standard_Oil) in 1911.
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Nervous-Cockroach541 2 days ago +2
There's a saying in economics, that for any rule, there's an exception. It could be historical reasons, cultural reasons, or other. I'm not that familiar with the history of Norway or it's economy.
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ola48888 2 days ago +3
Or Canada
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christhebloke 2 days ago +5
I mean… Alberta.
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faur217 2 days ago +1
But c****
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randomusername76 2 days ago +181
That’s pretty funny.
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Inevitable_Ninja_957 2 days ago +39
Right? Like that 90B loan being hold up by Ukraine for not repairing the thing and they found the perfect loop hole hhahaha
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luckynar 2 days ago +28
Sweet case of malicious compliance.
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Eckkosekiro 2 days ago +268
Ukraine is right. Thats a f****** war. Russian oil must be prevented to reach EU at all cost.
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RecentTwo544 2 days ago +125
Exactly. The EU have had four years to sort this out, not to mention the fact they were still massively investing in Russian oil and gas while Russia was invading Crimea and waging war in Donbass many years before that. The fact they've sent more to Russia for oil and gas payments than they've given to Ukraine in support is an utter disgrace that doesn't get talked about enough.
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suddenstutter 2 days ago +25
Correct. As a european i would rather freeze than help the russians in anyway whatsoever.
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suddenstutter 2 days ago +8
I agree. This is even moreso why none of this blame can lie with the ukrainians at all. They are protecting us against an existential threat. The least we can do about that is to not complain.
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Koala_eiO 2 days ago +3
It's always a nice thing to say at the end of April.
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Upset_Canary_8622 2 days ago +30
To be clear: the pipeline is transferring oil to Hungary right now. Official stock exchange announcement: [https://bse.hu/newkibdata/129444470/MOL\_Druzhba%20reception\_20260423\_eng.pdf](https://bse.hu/newkibdata/129444470/MOL_Druzhba%20reception_20260423_eng.pdf)
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +1
Yes, but check the capacity and volume. The infrastructure hit by Ukrainians contributes to the total oil flowing through the pipeline, it is not soley responsible for all the oil being delivered.
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twentygreenskidoo 2 days ago +22
Druzhba means friendship. So I guess there is some irony there.
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +1
Also means Chainsaw…
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Krannus 2 days ago +6
This is a masterclass in malicious compliance
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BaziJoeWHL 2 days ago +6
ahahaha, well played
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UsusMeditando 2 days ago +7
Classic move.
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SterbenThen 2 days ago +15
Europe choosing Russia as a main energy supplier was a huge strategic mistake. Now some countries double down on that instead of investing into independent energy sources like nuclear or renewables. Everybody that is not shill should understand how important strategic independence is in key sectors. Not only are renewables better for the planet they are also cheaper not to mention that oil is a finite resource. Once you dig it out of the ground and burn it in your car it's gone forever, so sooner or later every country will need to invest in green sources of energy.
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Loud_Posseidon 2 days ago +11
You gotta do what you gotta do. Don’t blame Ukraine. Blame Russia.
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BigBananaBerries 2 days ago +11
Wouldn't this be antagonising Magyar? I'm all for cutting Russian sales but a united EU in support of Ukraine would be better. I'm just some guy on the internet so I could be way off here. Have Hungary got an alternative supply?
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Crimson_V 1 day ago +3
Oh it will, people here are clapping with their feet at this development, but they fail to realize that when its time for the next eu wide ukraine aid/ sanctions for russia, magyar will veto them just like orban did.
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Level_Ad8089 2 days ago +81
Ukrainians are funny
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calgarspimphand 2 days ago +152
"Our part of the pipeline is working fine. Talk to your energy company about any supply disruptions you may experience."
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Barton2800 2 days ago +27
That’s probably exactly what was said. Ukraine has to pay to repair their pipeline, and Hungary can hold them to it. But the Russian infrastructure? That’s on Moscow to keep working.
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gotzapai 2 days ago +7
Ukraine is a f****** CHAD for doing this 😂 😂 😂
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BearBathTune 2 days ago +7
It's 1000 kms from Kijiv.
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Rightintheend 2 days ago +9
Is this the one that they just agreed to open up, at least in the Ukrainian territory, to free up some loans from the EU? If so, it's pretty genius, they held up their end of the bargain and opened up the line that runs to their country, destroy the part in Russia that allows it to work.  I mean why should they be required to ensure that Russia makes money to attack them in order to get a loan to defend themselves.
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Crimson_V 1 day ago +2
It's so genius that the next aid will be getting vetoed again.
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IcyEqual115 2 days ago +19
1. Ukraine restores oil supply through Druzhba pipeline. 2. Hungary lifts its veto on 90b loan. 3. Ukraine blows up the pipeline again. 4. Profit. Whoever thought of this plan is a genius.
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grchelp2018 2 days ago +5
Not genius when hungary blocks the next loan citing this.
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IcyEqual115 1 day ago +3
Not gonna happen. Magyar can't afford to go against EU. He rly needs that ~20b frozen EU funding to fulfil his election promises.
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Commercial-Balance-7 1 day ago +7
I don't think they will; Magyar is not Putin's little lapdancer the way Orban was.
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awayish 2 days ago +3
well physical sanctions work too
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martoonthecartoon 1 day ago +3
I got kicked in the kek once....f*** it hurt
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Super-Action1186 1 day ago +3
oopsie. c'est la guerre
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Bratci 2 days ago +14
Wait—just to be clear: They blocked deliveries through this pipeline until Orbán approved the EU funding for Ukraine. As soon as he gave the 'go-ahead,' they resumed deliveries. And now, just one day later, it's been destroyed on Russian territory by ukraine? That’s hilarious, haha
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CsrRoli 2 days ago +14
It wasn't really Orbán approving it, Orbán disastrously lost the election and the incoming government is more ameniable to Ukraine doing what it must to win the war
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Ambrant 2 days ago +17
Well russia damaged smth the first time, Ukraine just didn’t want to fix it
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TheZapster 2 days ago +8
Hungary: We do not support Ukraine because they cut off our Russian oil that was running through their country. Ukraine: fixes pipeline within Ukraine, then blows up Russian source. Ukraine: See, Ukraine pipeline working. Russia not sending oil through Ukranian pipeline. Hungary can support Ukraine now!
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +1
Malicious compliance with comedic timing. It’s a regional humour thing. Have you ever heard the story of how a Hungarian farmer finds a geni in a lamp and wishes for the Mongols to invade? After 5 years he finally rebuilds and uses his second wish to summon the Mongol Horde once again. 10 years later he uses his final wish…to call down a final invasion of Mongolians. Perplexed the Geni asks him why he keeps using his wishes to destroy his country. The farmer laughs and says. “Because to get here they have to go through Russia and they return home the same way!”
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FLTA 2 days ago +7
Perfectly balanced
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Practical_Chemtrail 1 day ago +2
As all things should be.
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Eraserguy 2 days ago +6
Not really encouraging Hungarians to stop keeping aid and military aid from reaching them
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philixx93 2 days ago +4
Very good. At this point no one needs their oil anymore. Hungary and Slovakia had enough time to diversify. Now is payday.
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KlockB 1 day ago +2
This is a huge middle finger for the new Hungarian government I don't think this is good news...
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Pervius94 2 days ago +4
Love this, absolute trolling. And at least now Orban won't be able to block shit for Ukraine anymore. Let's see who steps up next to make the EU useless again.
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Tobias---Funke 1 day ago +2
Orban isn’t in charge no more.
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StoneAgeRick 2 days ago +3
If this is true then it is a provocative move from Zelensky, Hungary let through the EU loan to Ukraine and Ukraine in it's turn was to "fix" or really open the pipes for Hungary and Slovakia . Now if the news are true they have once again cut both countries supply. I understand completely that Zelensky and Ukraine don't want Russia making more money but this can generate badwill from other EU countries and i bet Slovakia and Hungary isn't very happy either.
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ItIsTooMuchForMe 1 day ago +2
I hate Orban and I literally worked in my free time for the regime change, but it was a very bad move from Ukraine.
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martifero 2 days ago +2
take that Magyar!
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no8airbag 1 day ago +2
this the way
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db2999 1 day ago +1
What affect will this have on the new Hungarian government?
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ronweasleisourking 1 day ago +1
🥳 hope no innocent lives were harmed though
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