Budapest has argued that Eastern Europe is too dependent on the energy supply from Moscow Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said that Hungary opposes sanctions on Russia’s energy sector, as Western countries hit Moscow with sweeping restrictions over its attack on Ukraine.
The UK government announced on Wednesday that it has impounded a plane linked to a Russian billionaire, using new aviation sanctions that allow the authorities to seize Russian aircraft and ban exports of aviation goods to Russia.
The Ukrainian leader says the US-led bloc doesn’t want “a confrontation” with Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that NATO is afraid that having Kiev join the US-led bloc will spark a conflict with Russia. The statement comes amid the Russian military campaign against his country.