The Ukrainian attack that infuriated Trump

The drone strike, which came in August just before Trump’s scheduled meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, damaged an infrastructure that supplies Hungary, Slovakia and other Central European countries with Russian oil.

Following the incident, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a note to the American president, expressing his concern and pointing out that this is the only pipeline carrying crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia.

A handwritten reply from Trump, recently revealed, shows his anger towards Ukraine and his personal support for Orbán, whom he calls a “great friend”.

Even as the pipeline was reactivated on August 19, many observers point to the stark contrast between Trump’s virulent reaction to this Ukrainian strike and his much more measured attitude to the repeated Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities, which injures and kills civilians on a daily basis.