{"id":2587786,"date":"2026-04-06T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orban-accuses-ukraine-of-terrorist-plot-against-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:50:15","slug":"orban-accuses-ukraine-of-terrorist-plot-against-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orban-accuses-ukraine-of-terrorist-plot-against-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Orban accuses Ukraine of terrorist plot against pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Forban-accuses-ukraine-of-terrorist-plot-against-pipeline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Ukraine of attempting to blow up a Russian gas pipeline, arguing Kyiv tried to sabotage energy infrastructure as he campaigns in this month\u2019s parliamentary election. Serbian authorities had earlier found two backpacks packed with plastic explosives near the gas line in Velebit, but Serbian officials say there is no evidence of Ukrainian involvement, and a Serbian military agency noted the materials\u2019 markings point to a American manufacturer. Orban\u2019s political director, Balazs orban, claimed Ukraine wants Hungary to abandon its pro\u2011peace position, while Hungary\u2019s claims clash with Serbian findings and officials say the assertion of Ukrainian sabotage is not supported. Ukrainian officials suggested the incident was a Russian false\u2011flag operation aimed at influencing hungary\u2019s election. Opposition leader Peter magyar criticized Orban for stoking panic and called for security briefings. the story notes Orban will host US Vice President JD Vance this week,as EU critics accuse him of using the incident for domestic gain,and amid U.S. interest in Hungary as a nationalist ally.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Orban accuses Ukraine of terrorist plot against pipeline amid uphill election battle<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2542366\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/viktor-orban\/\">Viktor Orban<\/a> is accusing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"82\">Ukrainian<\/a> government of attempting to blow up a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"80\">Russian<\/a> gas pipeline, despite a lack of such findings from authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Orban, who is facing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolinas-first-black-lt-gov-leads-fight-against-radical-curriculum\/\" title=\"North Carolina\u2019s First Black Lt. Gov. Leads Fight Against Radical Curriculum\">uphill battle<\/a> to hold on to his office in this month&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">parliamentary election<\/a>, asserted that Kyiv attempted to sabotage a Serbian gas pipeline that transports fuel from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yesterday, [the Ukrainian government] wanted to blow up the gas pipeline,&rdquo; Orban wrote on social media on Monday. &ldquo;We are checking whether everything is in order on the Hungarian side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during an assembly of European right-wing parties with Orban&rsquo;s Patriots for Europe group in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo\/Denes Erdos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/serbia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7943\">Serbia <\/a>on Sunday discovered two backpacks rigged with plastic explosives near the village of Velebit in the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The undetonated explosives were reportedly discovered just a few hundred feet from the gas pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Balazs Orban, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-host-netanyahu-at-mar-a-lago-when-israeli-leader-comes-to-us-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump to host Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago when Israeli leader comes to US - Washington Examiner\">prime minister&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s political director, asserted on X that &ldquo;Ukraine wants to force Hungary to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BalazsOrban_HU\/status\/2040860330759200993\">abandon its pro-peace position<\/a> and support the war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hungary\/\">Hungary&rsquo;s<\/a> claims directly contradict the Serbian authorities&rsquo; findings. Military Security Agency Director Djuro Jovanic said it is &ldquo;not true that Ukrainians tried to organize this sabotage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based on the markings on the explosives, it is unmistakably clear that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives\/33725865.html\">manufacturer is from the United States<\/a>,&rdquo; Jovanic pointed out. &ldquo;Now, will someone suggest that the United States would benefit from this situation at this moment?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi suggested on social media that the backpack incident was &ldquo;most likely a Russian false-flag operation, as part of Moscow&rsquo;s strong interference in the Hungarian elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Opposition party Tisza leader Peter Magyar accused Orban of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2026\/04\/05\/8028840\/\">intentionally &ldquo;stoking panic&rdquo;<\/a> and demanded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-deems-himself-proud-feminist-in-bemoaning-trumps-victory-over-harris-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trudeau deems himself \u2018proud feminist\u2019 in bemoaning Trump\u2019s victory over Harris - Washington Examiner\">prime minister &#038;ldquo<\/a>;immediately provide information on developments and convene the security council.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hungarians have sufficient grounds for concern that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-hours-after-selecting-new-prime-minister-failed-budget-vote-plunges-swedish-government-into-chaos\/\" title=\"Just Hours After Selecting New Prime Minister, Failed Budget Vote Plunges Swedish Government Into Chaos\">prime minister facing<\/a> the loss of power, on the advice of Russian agents, is planning to instill fear in his fellow citizens by means of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >increasingly clumsy false flag operations<\/a>,&rdquo; Magyar said. &ldquo;If Orb&aacute;n&rsquo;s propaganda machine uses this provocation for campaign purposes, that will be an open admission that this was a planned false flag operation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Orban is set to host U.S. Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> this week, who is visiting in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4514297\/jd-vance-hungary-state-visit-viktor-orban\/\">last-minute bid<\/a> to boost the embattled prime minister&rsquo;s public support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President JD Vance, left, listens as Hungary&rsquo;s Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4497851\/europe-furious-orban-flipping-ukraine-loan-betrayed\/\"><strong>EUROPE FURIOUS OVER VIKTOR ORBAN FLIPPING ON UKRAINE TO SCORE POINTS AT HOME: &lsquo;HE BETRAYED US&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> administration sees the Orban government as a bastion of nationalist, Christian leadership on the European continent. The White House has many times <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4459037\/marco-rubio-boasts-golden-era-of-relations-us-hungary-mutual-interests\/\">held Hungary up as a model<\/a> for how European nations should behave on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Vance is expected to give a series of public remarks in support of the Hungarian government and meet privately with the prime minister&rsquo;s team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orban: Ukraine plotted to blow pipeline ahead of vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2587787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26082571919954.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,33651,538],"tags":[12874,4950,6991],"class_list":["post-2587786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-hungary","tag-pipeline","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26082571919954.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587790,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587786\/revisions\/2587790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}