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 Russian foreign ministry has summoned the Irish ambassador over a security incident at the embassy Moscow has called on Ireland to apologize for the incident with a truck that rammed the front gates of the Russian diplomatic mission in Dublin, and requested “full compensation” for the damage caused.

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.