Hungary's upcoming election has become a "war" between Trump and Zelensky? Ukraine very much hopes that Orban can step down, while the United States is doing its best to get Orban re-elected, and European countries have also begun to intervene, either overtly or covertly.
On April 6, local time, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban inspected the border area
Explosives found near natural gas pipeline before Hungarian election
According to plan, Hungary will hold parliamentary elections on April 12. And at the last moment, a crisis attracted the attention of all parties.
According to a report by Observer.com on April 7, one week before the election, explosives were discovered near the "Turkish Stream" pipeline that passes through countries such as Serbia and Hungary. Once an accident occurs, it can be described as a replica of the "Beixi Incident".
The Turkey Stream pipeline is the lifeblood of Hungarian natural gas. In 2024, Hungary received a record 7.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia through this pipeline. Without this pipeline, Hungary would have no cheap and stable energy supply.
Serbian President Vucic announced on April 5 that Serbian law enforcement officers discovered two large bags of explosives with fuses near pipelines in the Vojvodina region in the north of the country. If it explodes, the natural gas pipeline will be cut off, leaving Hungary and northern Serbia without gas.
"Turkish Stream" pipeline through the Black Sea
Hungarian Prime Minister Orban urgently convened the National Defense Council that day, and he directly hinted that the matter was related to Ukraine. Orban pointed out that "Ukraine has been working for many years to cut off Europe's energy ties with Russia."
Serbia's attitude is very cautious and does not want to offend any party. Jovanic, director of the Serbian Military Security Bureau, held a special press conference on the evening of the 5th. "There is some false information that the Serbian military will work for a third party to accuse Ukraine of planning sabotage through the discovery of Ukrainian-made explosives. This is not true."
Later, Serbia added: "The markings on the explosives showed that the items were manufactured in the United States." At this point, many forces that had previously been in a wait-and-see state came to an end and began to intervene in the "final storm" before the Hungarian election.
Ukraine denies, Poland strikes back
After the explosive incident, all parties quickly took sides. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly denied it, insisting that "this is most likely a Russian 'false flag operation'" with the purpose of interfering in the Hungarian election.
Russian Kremlin spokesman Peskov said there was no "reliable evidence" yet, but he hinted that "Ukraine may be involved" and mentioned previous attacks by Ukraine on Russian energy infrastructure.
Poland also jumped in. Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski questioned the timing of Orban's emergency meeting of the Defense Council as "suspicious coincidence": it was less than a week before the Hungarian election, which happened to give the ruling party a script for a "national security crisis."
Hungarian opposition leader Magyar even directly accused: This is a "false flag operation" directed and performed by Orban. At this point, Orban's situation is already quite difficult.
Poll data show that Hungarian opposition leader Magyar currently leads Orban by 9 percentage points, and Orban is facing the "last moment."
The game between the United States and Ukraine comes to the forefront
Regarding the current situation in Hungary, Ukraine only hopes that Orban will step down as soon as possible. At the end of 2025, the European Council approved a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine from 2026 to 2027. But on March 19, 2026, Orban announced at the EU Summit in Brussels: Blocking this aid.
Orban’s reason is straightforward: Ukraine has deliberately cut off Hungary’s crude oil supply from Russia since January this year, and energy issues have become a deadlock between the two countries.
The Orban government has blocked a huge amount of aid from Ukraine, which is bound to make the Kiev authorities extremely dissatisfied. However, from a larger perspective, Ukraine's confrontation with the Orban government is equivalent to being at odds with the Trump administration.
Trump wants Orban to be re-elected, and US Vice President Vance is about to go to Hungary to publicly support Orban. If Orban is not re-elected, Ukraine may become the target of the Trump administration's wrath.
