Ukrainian guest workers demonstrated for peace in Hungary

Almost 250 guest workers demonstrated for peace on Sunday evening in Székesfehérvár near the downtown WWII memorial.

Guest workers for peace

According to Kárpáthír, the demonstrators had Hungarian and English posters on which they wrote: “Stop Putin!” and “Glory to the heroes!” One of the speakers, a woman, asked everybody to say a prayer for the defenders and the population of Kyiv.

A man said that they found a motherland and job in Hungary. He asked the Hungarians to help the Ukrainians as they did up to then and not let his country down.

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A young woman directed her words to the Russian mothers. She asked them to stop their sons from killing Ukrainians. She said that every mother worries for their children and relatives. Therefore, she asked all mothers to end “this mad war”. Another woman said that her father lived in a war-torn region of Ukraine. But when they managed to speak he said he was not afraid. She added that the women who remained at home were not afraid, and if needed, they would arm themselves.

This is why the defence minister visited the Hungarian-Ukrainian border

Meanwhile, MTI reported that

all five of the crossings along Hungary’s border with Ukraine are now operating around the clock.

Hungary’s Defence Minister Tibor Benkő and Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi visited the Barabás border station, in the east of Hungary, on Sunday, the army said on Facebook. The men met with troops and police at the crossing on Hungary’s border with Ukraine. They also spoke with war refugees.

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The defence minister and the army commander at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border yesterday. Photo: MTI

Featured image: illustration, mass demonstration organised by the opposition parties in Budapest last Thursday, the day when the Russian invasion began.