Overview
- Serbia’s police and army found two backpacks with charges and detonators near the Balkan Stream by Kanjiza on Sunday, a line that carries Russian gas to Serbia and Hungary, President Aleksandar Vučić said.
- Following Sunday’s discovery, Viktor Orbán convened an emergency defense council and Hungary ordered military protection for its pipeline section from the Serbian border to Slovakia after talks with Serbian, Turkish, and Russian partners.
- Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó linked the case to recent Ukrainian actions against energy sites, while Kyiv denied involvement and suggested the incident could be a false‑flag operation.
- Opposition leader Péter Magyar accused Orbán, and hinted at coordination with Vučić, of staging the episode to sway Hungary’s April 12 election.
- Officials have released no photos or independent forensics of the devices, and reporters say key technical details and a verified reconstruction of events are still missing.