“Ukraine is using pipelines running through its territory as a way to put pressure on Europe.
Like, you depend on us, so give us more money as assistance, more weapons, more sanctions against Russia.
The question is, how will the West react to such things?
This is not the most profitable strategy for Ukraine,” Mitrakhovych said.
By threatening Europe, Kyiv runs the risk of alienating some European politicians, the RT interlocutor emphasized.
“This is hardly beneficial for Ukraine in the long term,” the analyst concluded.
Earlier, Zerkal said that Kyiv has a lever of pressure on Budapest in the form of a string of the Druzhba oil pipeline against the background of Hungary's unwillingness to refuse gas from Russia.
According to her, “something could happen to him at any moment.”