Serbia in the eye of the storm.
While the eyes of the world are fixated on the developing crisis in the Middle East, Europe is still getting more dangerous by the day, with an energy crisis worsening the socio-political mess and the divisions over the war in Ukraine.
In this context, countries that lead independent foreign policies, like Serbia, are under relentless pressure.
Today, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić came out publicly to disclose that explosives were found near a pipeline that carries gas from Russia to Serbia and Hungary.
Serbian President Vucic alerts Hungary’s Orban after explosives were discovered near the Serbia-Hungary gas pipeline.
— Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) April 5, 2026
Just spoke with President @predsednikrs. Serbian authorities have found a powerful explosive device, along with the equipment needed to detonate it, at critical gas infrastructure linking Serbia and Hungary. The investigation is ongoing.
I have convened an emergency defence…
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) April 5, 2026
Euronews reported:
“Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced on Sunday morning that army and police found explosives that had been placed near a pipeline that carries gas to Serbia and Hungary.
He said that ‘two large packages of explosives with detonators’ were found inside backpacks in northern Serbia’s Kanjiza, ‘a few hundred meters from the gas pipeline’.
The Balkan Stream pipeline is an extension of the TurkStream pipeline, and transfers Russian gas to both Serbia and Hungary.”
‼️🇷🇸🇭🇺 Explosives found near the gas pipeline from Serbia to Hungary, — Vučić
▪️Two large packages of explosives with detonators were found near the gas pipeline from Serbia to Hungary, the President of Serbia reported.
▪️The volume of explosives had destructive power capable of… pic.twitter.com/FVg5Qke3OF— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) April 5, 2026
Vučić provided no details on who placed the explosives near the gas pipeline, or why – but the inference is clear: the Ukrainian regime of Volodymyr Zelensky is widely seen as working to disrupt the pipelines carrying cheap Russian oil and gas.
Vučić said there were ‘certain traces’ which he would not elaborate on.
“The latest news comes at a time when the integrity of gas pipeline infrastructure has been in the headlines. The Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, a separate pipeline that carries Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, has been the cause of a dispute between Hungary and Ukraine.”
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