The head of Polish diplomacy, a message for Peter Szijjarto: “I hope that Major Magyar will succeed in destroying” the pipeline that brings oil to Hungary

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski expressed hope on Wednesday (October 22nd) that Ukrainian drone units will succeed in destroying the Drujba pipeline, which carries Russian oil to Hungary, amid a new dispute between Warsaw and Budapest.

“I hope that your brave compatriot, Major Magyar, will finally succeed in destroying the oil pipeline feeding (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's war machine and that you will succeed in getting your crude oil through Croatia,” Sikorski told his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, in a response published on social network X to a post by the head of Hungarian diplomacy.

The Polish Foreign Ministry referred to Robert Brovdi, a Ukrainian military officer of Hungarian origin and the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine, known by the military code “Magyar”, notes The Kyiv Independent.

Hungary has banned Brovdi from entering the country because of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian facilities linked to the Drujba pipeline, a massive pipeline system that carries Russian oil to the Central European country.

Most EU countries stopped buying Russian oil after the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022. By 2025, only Slovakia and Hungary – whose leaders are known for their Moscow sympathies – continued to use the Drujba pipeline.

Sikorski launched this irony in the context of a public spat with Szijjarto over a Polish court's decision not to extradite the Ukrainian citizen suspected of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipeline in 2022.

Peter, I am proud of the Polish court which ruled that sabotaging an invader is no crime.
Moreover, I hope your brave compatriot, Major Magyar, finally succeeds in knocking out the oil pipeline that feeds Putin's war machine and you get your oil via Croatia.

— Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@sikorskiradek) October 22, 2025

The two senior diplomats often criticize each other on social media, highlighting strained relations between their countries.

On October 16, the Polish court refused to extradite the Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Z. to Germany, where he is wanted on the basis of an international warrant. Later, he was released from custody.

After Szijjarto labeled the Ukrainian suspect a “terrorist,” Sikorski responded that he was “proud of the Polish court, which ruled that sabotaging an invader is not a crime.”

Poland has long criticized the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines, which were built to transport gas from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea.

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was completed just months before the Russian invasion of Ukraine broke out and has not been put into operation.

German authorities accuse Volodimir Z. of helping plant explosives on pipelines in a covert operation carried out from a chartered yacht that left the port of Rostock.

Poland's refusal follows a similar move by Italy's Supreme Court, which on October 15 canceled the extradition of another Ukrainian national, Serhii Kuznetsov, wanted by Germany on similar charges.

Kiev, which has also harshly criticized the Nord Stream pipelines, has denied any involvement in the explosions.