00:01Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiha has accused Hungary of kidnapping seven employees
00:07of a Ukrainian state savings bank alongside a large amount of cash and gold.
00:12According to Ukraine's Horshed Bank, a van carrying personal and some 65 million euros
00:18was intercepted in central Budapest.
00:21The vehicle was transporting cash from Austria to Ukraine.
00:25Hungary's National Tax and Customs Administration, meanwhile, issued a statement of its own
00:31saying that a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering has been launched.
00:37The incident signals a dramatic escalation in already angry relations between the two countries,
00:43a day after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
00:48traded accusations and referenced the possible use of force.
00:52Budapest and Kiev are locked in a bitter row over the shutdown of the Druzhba pipeline
00:58carrying cheap Russian oil to Hungary through Ukraine.
01:01The pipeline was struck in a suspected Russian attack in late January and has not been repaired since.
01:08Hungary has accused Ukraine of using the issue for political blackmail.
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