00:00Slovak Prime Minister Robert Ficco has said his country is ready to block the European Union's 90 billion euro loan
00:06package for Ukraine after April if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban loses the election and Kiev fails to restart oil
00:13supplies through the Drusba pipeline.
00:15The threat comes amid an escalating dispute over the pipeline as Slovakia and Hungary launched a pressure campaign against Kiev
00:21following a halt in Russian oil supplies.
00:24Ficco is set to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday to address why Ukraine's interests
00:31are being prioritized over those of member states.
00:35While Kiev claims the pipeline was damaged by Russian strikes, Ficco asserts he has caught secret satellite images proving it
00:42remains fully functional.
00:44Slovakian leader also claimed that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is waiting for a Hungarian opposition victory in April before resuming
00:51oil flows.
00:52Hungary has previously cited Ukraine's refusal to restore the Drusba pipeline, a key conduit for Russian oil to Hungary after
00:59it was damaged in a Russian drone strike in January.
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