Russians will launch a special flight to Hungary

The new Russian flight taking off from an unknown airport will carry special passengers to Hungary. At least that is what a Hungarian government delegation may agree on with their Russian counterparts during their August official visit in Moscow. At least that is what the Ukrainian military intelligence leaked to Hungarian news outlets.

According to hvg.hu, the “cargo” of the flight will be 10-15 Transcarpathian soldiers of the Ukrainian army who are currently PoWs in Russia. The Russians may agree on their extradition with a Hungarian government delegation in early August. The negotiations are galvanised by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian military intelligence believes the handover of the Ukrainian PoWs will happen without the official knowledge and participation of the Ukrainian government.

Based on intelligence info, the Hungarian government delegation will arrive in Moscow between 8 and 11 August. And that is when they would like to reach agreement about the extradition of the PoWs. The Hungarians do not have an exact list of the prisoners, but they want the PoWs to be of a Hungarian ethnical background and speakers of the Hungarian language.

Not the first time that Ukrainian PoWs come to Hungary

That is not the first time Ukrainian (Hungarian) PoWs arrive in Hungary with the help of the Russian Orthodox Church. The first transport came on 8 June, but nobody shared the exact number of the people. Deputy prime minister Zsolt Semjén talked about eleven Ukrainian citizens. Later, five of them returned to Ukraine, the others remained in Hungary. Hvg.hu sent questions in the current PoW issue to Mr Semjén, but he did not reply before the article was published.

Zsolt Semjén said then that authorities released the eleven Transcarpathian PoWs Russia handed over on Friday. Kyiv was outraged, they summoned the Hungarian ambassador and wanted an explanation why they were not informed about Moscow’s PoW transfer. HERE we wrote about the details.