"Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused Ukraine of using the Druzhba pipeline blockade to interfere in Hungary's elections in favour of the Tisza party, in Budapest on Tuesday. "It appears to me that this entire oil blockade is being used to interfere in the Hungarian elections on the side of the Tisza party. Therefore, the situation is very simple: if there is no oil, there is no money," he concluded. "I said that Hungary’s position remains unchanged: if President Zelenskiy wants to receive his money from Brussels, then the Druzhba oil pipeline must be reopened," he added. On the same day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa said that Ukraine had accepted 'technical support and funding' to help repair the damaged pipeline, in an attempt to restore the flow of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia and convince Orban to back a €90 bln EU loan to Ukraine. "The situation is very simple: if there is no oil, there is no money," Orban concluded. Hungary and Slovakia have accused Ukraine of deliberately halting oil supplies through the Druzhba oil pipeline for political reasons, after flows had been stopped since January. Kiev insisted the shutdown was caused by damage from a 'Russian attack'. Hungary has halted diesel supplies to Ukraine and blocked the 20th package of EU sanctions on Russia and said it would halt the bloc's latest €90 billion loan to Ukraine unless the oil supply through the pipeline continues. The Druzhba pipeline has long been a key route for Russian oil deliveries to parts of Central Europe. "