Orbán: EU should sanction Ukrainian leaders responsible for Hungarian recruit’s death – UPDATED

The Hungarian government has called on the European Union to urgently include Ukrainian leaders that are “responsible for the death of Hungarian national József Sebestyén” on its human rights sanctions list, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a post on Facebook on Tuesday.

Orban said that Sebestyén had been “beaten to death during forced conscription” in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia province.

‘Time for Brussels to stand up for Ukrainian people and Transcarpathian Hungarians, not just Ukrainian authorities’

It is time Brussels stood up for the Ukrainian people and Transcarpathian Hungarians, rather than just the Ukrainian authorities, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a video on Facebook on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Hungarian government called on the European Union to include Ukrainian leaders that are responsible for the death of Hungarian national József Sebestyén on its human rights sanctions list.

“The entire Carpathian Basin has seen and been shaken by the footage proving that our compatriot, József Sebestyén, was beaten to death by individuals referred to as conscription officers during forced conscription,” the prime minister said.