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Daily News Hungary Daily News Hungary · 09/04/2022
· Politics

Strong criticism from Ukraine: Hungary is helping Putin!

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Recently, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine accused Hungary of helping Russian President Vladimir Putin in his aggressive conduct toward Ukrainians in the currently ongoing conflict.

Recently, the Hungarian Prime Minister held an international press conference where Viktor Orbán said that he had spoken to the Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the current military conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Viktor Orbán said that he had proposed to Putin that he should order a ceasefire as soon as possible.

According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, Putin’s answer was that in order to do so, certain criteria must be met, possibly referring to the so-far unsuccessful attempts at negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

Orbán also suggested that the Ukrainian, French, and Russian presidents, as well as the German chancellor, should meet in Budapest to conduct peace negotiations.

  • Read also: Could this be Putin’s plan? Does Hungary side with Russia?

However, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has found a few statements made by Viktor Orbán in that same speech which they deemed as siding with Russia and even going as far as calling out Hungary for directly “supporting Russia’s military machine”.

According to Index, Oleg Nikolenko, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, had said that

“The election campaign of the Hungarian Government’s party was based on the intimidation of Hungarian people by saying that the Russian war could reach Hungarian soil.”

Additionally, the Ukrainian government official also tweeted about another statement that they deemed questionable.

Hungary’s reluctance to acknowledge Russia's responsibility for atrocities in Bucha strengthens Russia's sense of impunity and encourages it to commit new crimes. A proposal to hold peace talks in Budapest seems cynical. If Hungary wants to help, it must stop damaging EU unity.

— Oleg Nikolenko (@OlegNikolenko_) April 7, 2022

In contrast, in his speech, Viktor Orbán acknowledged that the war was started by the Russians and that they are the aggressors in the conflict, adding that it is the standpoint of the European Union, and Hungary agrees with that standpoint.

  • Read also: Ukrainian-Hungarian conflict deepening: ambassador summoned

Answering a question in relation to the atrocities in Bucha, Hungary’s PM said that civilians must be protected, and any atrocities towards civilians must most definitely be condemned, and situations like these must be investigated by an independent and impartial committee.

According to Index, the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleg Nikolenko, also criticised Viktor Orbán’s statement in which he said that Hungary is ready to pay the Russians for the supplied energy in Russian rubles, as per the request of Putin.

Oleg said that this standpoint is considered by them to be unfriendly towards Ukraine, adding that this goes against the EU’s standpoint. He said that statements like this help the Russian war effort against Ukraine since the “Russian military needs resources”, drawing the connection that paying in Russian rubles bolsters the Russian military.

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Read also Government enraged for Zelenskiy’s remarks that Hungary “supports Russia”

Source: Index.hu, Facebook.com, Twitter.com

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7 Comments

  1. mariavontheresa says:
    09/04/2022 at 22:18

    The people of Ukraine and not Zelensky are the victims. Zelensky was elected in 2019. Zelensky had ample time to acquire weapons and train the armed forces. Zelensky also had ample time to come to some kind of cooperation with Russia. Presently, taxpayers of the EU and USA are paying for the war. EU as well as US taxpayers are picking up the tab for the unfortunate Ukrainian refugees. Now, the money is not that important but Ukrainian citizens’ lives matter.

    What did Zelensky and his supporters think happens during a war? The result of all wars is the death of noncombatants and destruction of infrastructures and domiciles. Yet, Zelensky is begging for more weaponry. The longer the conflict lasts more men, women and children will be killed and more cities destroyed.

    Presently, if ceding some territory, (mainly occupied by ethnic Russians and was part of the Soviet Union) would guarantee peace and stop the killing, it should be done. For now, let there be a referendum of the disputed area. If the inhabitants want to be part of Ukraine, then Russia should give up those territories. If the inhabitants want to be part of Russia, then Ukraine should cede the territories.

    The goal of EU and US should be to create peace between Russia and Ukraine and not glorification Zelensky.

  2. Juhasz Peter says:
    10/04/2022 at 11:46

    Russia is NOT the enemy, It is The US and its North Atlantic Terrorist Organization that are the bad guys this time. Do not believe one word the US, The EU and their propaganda mouthpieces in the media tell you, they are liars of the worst magnitude. So much so they tried to silence every media outlet reporting both sides of this conflict. Why is that? They do not want the truth about the attrocities of the Ukrainian military against their own Ukrainian citizens to be reported..that is why? Russia is not the bad guy it is the Americans and Soros. Wake up people stop being fools. If you don’t soon WW3 will happen and those of us who survive will once again be subjugated into slavery, this time from the USA, NATO and their New World Order. Do you not care about your children and future generations?

  3. Anonymous says:
    10/04/2022 at 11:53

    @mariavontheresa
    And there’s your mistake “If the inhabitants want to be part of Ukraine, then Russia should give up those territories.” You really think Russia will willingly give up anything? What news have you been watching/reading? You know Russia is now starting to make noises about military manoeuvres in Kaliningrad?

    Should Finland join NATO the Kremlin’s response is they would have to “rebalance the situation” that’s straight from the mouth of Dmitry Peskov. This goes beyond Mr Zelensky.

  4. Pál says:
    10/04/2022 at 11:55

    @mariavontheresa – Considering you’re a man in his twilight years, living in North America, you sure know how to troll like a Russian bot. You know, Maria, your gender-bending practice is not welcome in Hungary.

  5. Tibor says:
    10/04/2022 at 12:03

    mariavondiktover – By your illogical argument, Hungary should give up Hévíz(overrun with Russians) if Putyin asks for it. Not a very patriotic stance, on your part.

  6. mariavontheresa says:
    10/04/2022 at 19:55

    Dear Pal, I know my sex and it is definitely female. You like hordes or males believe that “only” your opinions are valid, typical male thinking. Presently, cease fire and a peace treaty is needed. There has been too much destruction and too much killing.

    The left-bank Ukraine had been incorporated into Tsardom of Russia in 1667 (under the Treaty of Andrusovo). There are between 11-12 million ethnic Russians in the Ukraine.

    History has proven that badly treated sectors of population always cause discourse. Had Ukraine treated its minorities fairly, there would be no animosity in some regions towards the central government.

    Borders of countries have been changed, e.g. Treaty of Trianon. That treaty severed 2/3ds of Hungary. Minorities oppressed in territories severed from Hungary, still keep their language, etc.. A good example is the Hungarian community in Romania. Although, this minority lived under oppressive Romanian regime for 100 years, they never assimilated.

    Zelensky is fighting a proxy war for the US against Russia. Unfortunately, the price that the Ukrainian people are paying is too high.

    Pal, Tibor, Anonymous, you and many more males sit at home in comfort, while the Ukrainian women and children flee the war torn country. The Ukrainian man stay behind playing the hero. If by some mischance, the men are killed, the women are left to carry the burden alone of making a living, rearing the children in alien lands.

    So when men sit on their high horses valuing territory over human life, it is easy to criticize someone who has other points of view. It is time for Zelensky to stop expanding the war and try for peace.

    By-the-way, Hungary is still pumping Russian gas to Ukraine. The surprise is that Russia still allows this transfer of energy.

  7. Linda Rivera says:
    10/04/2022 at 20:48

    Hungary is taking in and feeding and sheltering massive numbers of Ukranian refugees. Instead of profusely thanking Hungary for taking care of their Ukranian citizens, Ukraine’s government massively insults, condemns and demonizes Hungary.

    Hungary-hater, Zelensky, and his shameful, Ukraine government is certainly not a government that cares about their own people.

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