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Europe

Orban threatened to label Ukraine a terrorist organization if the Turkish Stream pipeline is sabotaged

2026-03-21

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[Regnum] Hungary will demand that the international community designate Ukraine as a terrorist state if the Turkish Stream gas pipeline is blown up. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced this on March 20 following the EU summit in Brussels.

According to Orbán, Ukraine was involved in the sabotage of Nord Stream in 2022, the cessation of Russian gas transit to Hungary, and the blocking of oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, which can be considered terrorism.

"The Ukrainians have carried out three terrorist attacks: blowing up Nord Stream, shutting down the gas pipeline to Hungary in violation of the agreement, and now blocking oil supplies. There's only one thing left to do: completely cut us off from energy supplies. Hungary must conduct ongoing surveillance and deterrence operations so that the Ukrainians understand they have no chance of blowing up the TurkStream pipeline. And if they do blow it up, we will declare it state terrorism and appeal to the international community," Orbán threatened at a meeting with Hungarian journalists following the EU summit in Brussels.

The Hungarian Prime Minister also noted that Budapest insists on an international investigation into these incidents and that those responsible are brought to justice.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that he had operational information about plans to sabotage the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream pipelines in the Black Sea. On October 16, 2025, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov reported that Russian intelligence agencies had information that the United Kingdom, together with Ukraine, was preparing to sabotage the Turkish Stream pipeline.

On January 11, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the Russkaya compressor station, which supplies gas to the Turkish Stream pipeline, using nine drones. These were shot down by Russian air defense forces. Shrapnel from one of the destroyed drones caused minor damage to the building and equipment of the gas metering station.

Turkish Stream is an export gas pipeline, one of whose two lines is intended to supply gas to Turkey, and the second to countries in Southern and Southeastern Europe.

The Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines were damaged in an act of sabotage on September 26, 2022. Of the four pipelines, only one—North Stream 2 (NS2)—remained intact. Russia has emphasized that the surviving NS2 pipeline can be put into operation, but Brussels has not changed its position on the pipeline and continues to consider it unsuitable for the EU's interests and needs.

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