Putin Budapest travel headache exposed: secure route to Hungary revealed
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President Vladimir Putin faces a logistical nightmare when it comes to travelling to Budapest: unless he is prepared to fly halfway around the globe, he will be forced to cross hostile airspace. And while no one is likely to shoot him down — doing so would risk triggering a world war — accidents can always happen. That is why, according to experts, he is expected to take a long detour if he wants to land in Hungary safely.
The US airspace is open – in theory
As previously reported, the planned Budapest peace summit between Putin and Donald Trump is set to be surrounded by unprecedented security measures. Half of Hungary’s capital will effectively be sealed off during the visit. But ensuring the Russian president’s safety does not begin at the border — it starts in the sky. There must also be contingency plans in place for an emergency landing, should anything go wrong on board his aircraft.
Despite being a key rival to Russia, the United States would, based on past events such as the Alaska summit, likely allow Putin’s plane to cross its airspace. However, that would mean flying virtually all the way around the planet just to reach Hungary.
- How could Vladimir Putin come to Budapest with all the sanctions and arrest warrants?
Eastern route more likely
Anton Bendarzhevsky, a foreign and security policy expert, believes Putin will almost certainly arrive from the east — not the west. The traditional route from Russia through Belarus and Ukraine is clearly out of the question. Heading north is not an option either, given Russia’s frosty relations with the Baltic states — not to mention Poland. That leaves the south.
According to Bendarzhevsky, the most likely flight path will take Putin over Turkey, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia — eventually bringing the presidential aircraft into Hungary near Szeged, in the south. This would not be without precedent: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once took a similarly long route to Malta, adding seven hours to his journey.
Bendarzhevsky doubts that Putin is coming to make peace. The Russian economy has been fully mobilised for war, and the Kremlin has made it clear it will not back down without securing certain territorial gains — such as control of the Donbas region. Still, it seems the Russian leader has taken Donald Trump’s warning seriously: unless he engages in talks and shows willingness to end the conflict, Washington is prepared to offer Ukraine full military support — and that would be painful for Moscow. For instance, today’s reports suggest that supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles could dramatically boost its strike capability.
Really? Even the price of bread will go down when the war ends. That’s part of a very complex puzzle. Why don’t we just lower the VAT on bread?
At last, if that will happen at all, Putin has more courage than Trump and the rest.
Interestingly enough the genocide committed for at least 8 years by Ukraine is no longer mentioned, neither all the money meant for the people is used to invest in villas worldwide + the fact for that reason no peace talks took place.
Should I say “yahoo” finally or is this the next game played by Nato afterall everyone was and still is in the same boat (E-ID, plandemics included).
It should make one think.
Russian propaganda. Sheer nonsense for slow witted people who don’t know better and are easily fooled.
I thought “villas worldwide” was the Russian playbook?
FACTS: the claim that Ukraine committed genocide against Russians in its territory is not supported by credible evidence. Independent international bodies, human-rights groups, and legal institutions have repeatedly documented serious crimes and widespread atrocities in the Russia–Ukraine war — but the record points overwhelmingly to Russian forces and authorities as the perpetrators of mass violence, forced transfers and other grave abuses, not to Ukraine carrying out genocide of Russians.
@kitty – cannot wait to see your evidence?
Beware of misinformation, please.