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BREAKING: Hungary and Slovakia DEFY Ukraine's Energy Blackmail as Europe Splits Apart

Gary FranchiFebruary 21, 2026145 views
BREAKING: Hungary and Slovakia DEFY Ukraine's Energy Blackmail as Europe Splits Apart
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Hungary and Slovakia are finally pushing back against Ukraine's increasingly desperate attempts to control European energy supplies, delivering a massive blow to the globalist agenda that has kept Americans funding this endless conflict.

The two Central European nations are refusing to bow down to Ukraine's oil dispute tactics, which have been designed to squeeze more money out of European taxpayers while enriching the corrupt Kyiv regime. This is exactly the kind of pushback President Trump predicted would happen as Europe wakes up to being played by Ukraine's endless demands.

Energy Extortion Exposed

For too long, Ukraine has been using energy as a weapon against the very countries supporting them. Hungary and Slovakia have had enough of this manipulation, and they're standing up for their own citizens instead of bending the knee to globalist pressure.

This dispute highlights everything wrong with the Biden administration's failed foreign policy legacy. While Americans were forced to send billions overseas, Ukraine was simultaneously threatening the energy security of our European allies. It's the kind of backwards thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.

The Trump administration's America First approach is already changing the calculus across Europe, as nations realize they don't have to sacrifice their own interests for globalist schemes.

Hungary's Viktor Orbán and Slovakia's leadership have consistently been voices of reason throughout this conflict, refusing to go along with the Deep State's warmongering agenda. Now they're proving that standing up to pressure works.

Trump's Influence Already Showing

This pushback comes as President Trump has made it crystal clear that the gravy train of unlimited American support for Ukraine is ending. European nations are suddenly discovering they need to look out for their own interests instead of following marching orders from the administrative state.

Patriots across America should be celebrating this development. It shows that Trump's peace-through-strength approach is already forcing realistic negotiations and ending the blank-check mentality that has defined this conflict.

How long before other European nations follow Hungary and Slovakia's lead and put their own citizens first?

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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PragmaticPaul88Verifiedjust now
Serious question - what alternatives do these countries actually have for energy supplies? Are they looking at other sources or just hoping this resolves itself?
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CommonSenseCarolVerifiedjust now
Energy blackmail is exactly what this is. How is cutting off heating and electricity to ordinary families supposed to help anyone?
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RealistRonVerifiedjust now
Because it's never been about helping ordinary people. It's about political leverage and money.
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SovereigntySupporterVerifiedjust now
About time someone called this out for what it is. Why should Hungary and Slovakia freeze their citizens to appease Kiev?
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TraditionalistTomVerifiedjust now
This is what happens when you become too dependent on one source or route for energy. My grandfather always said never put all your eggs in one basket - applies to geopolitics too.
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PatriotMike47Verifiedjust now
Finally! Good to see some European nations standing up for their own citizens instead of bowing to Ukraine's demands. Hungary and Slovakia are putting their people first.
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EuropeFirstVerifiedjust now
Exactly right. Orban has been consistent about protecting Hungarian interests while everyone else caves to pressure.
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IndependentIvanVerifiedjust now
Good for them! Every nation has the right to secure affordable energy for their people without being held hostage by endless conflicts.