Pravda writes that Russian forces must reach the Hungarian border

The Russian propaganda tried to intensify tensions in the Balkans between Kosovo and Serbia. Officially, the Kremlin supports Serbia but made gestures to Kosovo because of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. In that respect, a Belarusian political scientist said Russia should have finished its invasion of Transcarpathia. As a result, they would be able to help Serbia through Hungary.

Russia wants conflict in the Balkans?

Russia has interests in the Balkans, where Moscow’s natural ally is Serbia. A conflict close to the EU borders would be beneficial for Moscow and distract attention from its war in Ukraine. Furthermore, the destabilisation of the Balkans would weaken the EU and the USA, 24.hu writes. Therefore, in the ongoing Kosovo-Serbia conflict, some Russian Telegram and Twitter accounts wrote that Kosovan and Serbian armed forces exchanged fire. Of course, that proved to be fake news.

Despite some gestures towards Kosovo, Russia’s ally is Serbia. Thus, pravda.ru has recently quoted a Belarusian political scientist’s opinion concerning Hungary and Transcarpathia. He said the war should be extended to Transcarpathia, where 150,000 Hungarians live. Of course, Pravda is not the official Kremlin. But it may show how Putin or his advisors think.

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Transcarpathia in danger?

The article’s title is warning: “To help the Serbs, Russia needs to finish the special operations in Transcarpathia”. The writer, Ljubov Stepusova, argues that Kosovo would like to destroy the 100,000 Serbs living in the northern regions of the non-acknowledged state. Since Russia promised help to Belgrade, Pravda concludes that it must be arms deliveries.

Russia has no common borders with Serbia, and Romania made it clear that they would not allow such shipments on their territory. Therefore, only Hungary remains. Furthermore, Budapest allowed the delivery of Russian armoured vehicles to Serbia in 2019. The Hungarian government says that no permission was required since a civil aircraft did the shipping.

As a result, they quoted a Belarusian political scientist, Aleksei Dzermant, who said that Russia should have reached Transcarpathia during its special military operations.

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Thousands of refugees enter Hungary each day

In total, 7,387 people crossed into Hungary directly from Ukraine on Friday, while another 11,504 from Ukraine crossed from Romania, the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) said on Saturday. Police issued temporary residence permits valid for 30 days to 302 people. On Thursday, 7,116 people entered Hungary directly from Ukraine, while another 8,489 from Ukraine crossed from Romania. Police issued temporary residence permits valid for 30 days to 424 people.

Holders of such permits must contact a local immigration office near their place of residence within 30 days to apply for permanent documents.

Source: 24.hu, MTI