Overview
- On Oct. 22, Radoslaw Sikorski told Peter Szijjártó he hoped Ukrainian forces would “knock out” the oil link carrying Russian crude to Hungary and said Budapest could shift supplies via Croatia.
- He referenced Robert Brovdi, the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces commander known as “Magyar,” whom Hungary has barred from entry over drone attacks on facilities tied to the Druzhba network.
- The exchange followed Hungary’s criticism of a Polish court that on Oct. 16 declined to extradite Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Z. to Germany, after which he was released from custody.
- Italy’s Supreme Court likewise overturned the extradition of Ukrainian national Serhii Kuznetsov sought by Germany over the 2022 Nord Stream explosions, while Kyiv denies involvement.
- Separate reports noted explosions at Romania’s Petrotel-Lukoil refinery in Ploiești and at Hungary’s largest refinery in Százhalombatta.