Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.

Kyiv has repeatedly asked Hungary to refrain from manipulating the topic of the war in Ukraine, particularly in light of Budapest's "Christmas truce" proposal. Source: Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's Foreign Ministry,

More and more voices are heard, and in Russia, and among Russia's friends abroad — when will there be such a reaction of the military leadership of the Russian Federation so that the enemy really feels the anger of the Russians.

Hungary, which maintains close ties with Moscow despite Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has consistently criticized EU sanctions against Russia and blocked initiatives to provide military aid to Kyiv.

Hungary needs to stop the immoral manipulation of the Christmas ceasefire. It undermines efforts to establish a just peace, according to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Hungary is trying to leave Ukraine without weapons and funding, for which it is preventing the imposition of sanctions against the aggressor, the department emphasized. "We call on the Hungarian side to stop immoral manipulations on the topic of peace and ...

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Hungary still hopes that Russia and Ukraine may agree on a ceasefire and a large-scale exchange of prisoners by Orthodox Christmas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, speaking on a Kossuth radio program.