Alleged explosives on pipeline: Russia blames Ukraine
On Sunday, Serbia reported explosives on the Turkstream pipeline, by means of which Russian gasoline is transported to Hungary, amongst different locations. The discover may affect the election marketing campaign in Hungary, the place Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is anxious about his re-election. Orbán, who not like different European international locations maintains good relations with Russia, spoke on Sunday of an act of sabotage for which he not directly blamed Ukraine.
The scenario is doubtlessly very harmful as a result of it entails a significant power line, Peskov warned on Monday. He accused the Ukrainian authorities of getting been concerned in acts of sabotage towards essential power infrastructure prior to now.
Our correspondent Michael Martens wrote down why there are doubts in regards to the official account and why critics suspect that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić was misleading in favor of Orbán:
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