Hungary puts gas pipeline under military protection amid false-flag accusations

<p>Claims explosives found near pipeline come before election in which PM Viktor Orbán is trailing in most polls</p><p>Hungary has placed the gas pipeline that straddles the Serbian border under military protection, its prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said, as accusations of a false-flag operation continued to swirl before a crunch election at the weekend and an official visit on Tuesday from the US vice-president, JD Vance.</p><p>Orbán travelled to Hungary’s southern border with Serbia on Monday, one day after Serbia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/viktor-orban-hungary-election-serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline">said it had found</a> “explosives of devastating power” near a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas to Hungary and beyond.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/06/hungary-puts-gas-pipeline-under-military-protection-amid-false-flag-accusations">Continue reading...</a>