Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a statement that Budapest cannot support the new package of EU sanctions against Russia as it is now. This also applies to the embargo on Russian oil imports. For Hungary, it is "tantamount to a nuclear bomb.

This was reported by Reuters.

"This proposal of the European Commission would be "tantamount to an atomic bomb" dropped on the Hungarian economy. Hungary is ready to negotiate if it sees a new proposal that meets the interests of the country," Orban said.