BUDAPEST, March 18. /TASS/. Budapest has not changed its position ahead of the EU summit and will not allow Ukraine to receive a 90 bln euros "military loan" from the EU until Kiev resumes Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said following a government meeting.

He made it clear that at the upcoming EU summit in Brussels on March 19, he will insist on lifting the Ukrainian oil blockade and will not agree to any EU decisions regarding financing for Ukraine.

"We are going to Brussels, where we will have to fight a fierce battle because the Europeans want to give the Ukrainians a 90 billion euro loan, which we will not agree to until we get what we are owed," Orban said in a video address broadcast on Hungarian television.

Orban also said he does not believe Vladimir Zelensky's promises to restore oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline within six weeks.

"We've heard all sorts of promises and are fed up with them. Promises don't heat homes or fuel cars," the Prime Minister stated.

On March 18, the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, announced that the EU would provide financial, technical, and expert assistance for repairs to the allegedly still-damaged pipeline. Zelensky responded by stating that restoring Druzhba would take between one and six weeks and that Ukraine is ready to seek alternative routes for delivering non-Russian oil to Central Europe.

Budapest stated that it considers these proposals from Brussels and Kiev completely untenable, as it is confident in the Druzhba pipeline's operational integrity. Hungary believes that Ukraine is blocking oil supplies from Russia solely for political reasons. In this regard, Orban stressed that "the situation is clear: if there is oil, there will be money; if there is no oil, there will be no money."

Russian oil has not flowed through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia and Hungary since January 27. Budapest retaliated by blocking a €90 billion EU "military loan" to Kiev and warning that it would obstruct any decisions from Brussels beneficial to Ukrainians. In addition to that, Hungary is also declining to approve the 20th EU sanctions package against Russia.