Ukraine furious over PM Orbán’s “disparaging” comments – here is what they did
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PM Orbán suggested during a conversation with foreign journalists invited by the MCC, a government-close higher education institution, to Budapest that Ukraine would lose the war. Furthermore, he compared Ukraine to Afghanistan. Not surpsisingly, the Ukrainians became outraged and summoned the Hungarian ambassador to Kyiv.
The Hungarian foreign ministry called PM Orbán’s comments “disparaging” and urged the government to end “what it called anti-Ukrainian rhetoric”, Reuters wrote.
Orbán said last week that Ukraine was a no man’s land, compared it to Afghanistan and ensured his audience that he did not think Kyiv could prevail against Putin’s invading Russia.
Hungary’s ambassador, István Íjgyártó, received “a strong protest in connection with the recent disparaging statements of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán,” the Ukrainian foreign ministry said. “It was emphasised to the Hungarian diplomat that the anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, which has been heard from the Hungarian leadership for a long time, is absolutely unacceptable and causes serious damage to Ukrainian-Hungarian relations”, the ministry added.
Ukraine stopped having good relations with Hungary the day Zelensky started oppressing the Hungarian minority. Austria, Israel and Brazil are a few of the countries that do not send weapons to Ukraine. Prime Minister Orban was right when he mentioned that Ukraine looks like no man’s land, all one has to do is to see the pictures on the news and agree with Mr. Orban. President Biden and other US leaders are saying that they will support Ukraine as long as support is needed. That could mean that Ukraine could be another Afghanistan. Presently, when Ukraine grabs 16-year-old boys and press them into the army, Ukraine is probably having manpower shortages. When most countries do not consider a 16-year-old as an adult, Ukraine must have serious problems.
The Ukraine has had massive problems since the collapse of the USSR.
What’s the best case scenario for the Ukrainian people? Regaining the lost land will cost untold human capital – able bodied men lost in the battles and the others who have left and will leave the country.
Peace please.
Thanks for sharing…….