Putin accused Kyiv of preparing to sabotage the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream pipelines and called the Mediterranean tanker attack a terrorist act.

Putin accused Kyiv of preparing to sabotage the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream pipelines and called the Mediterranean tanker attack a terrorist act. He said rising European gas prices are driven by global market conditions, not supply cuts, and that rising oil prices are linked to restrictions on Russian oil. Hungary's FM Szijjarto told Putin that Ukraine has blocked the Druzhba pipeline toward Hungary for several weeks, cutting off oil supplies based on a political decision.