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Ukraine is Hungary’s enemy, says PM Orbán at campaign-style rally
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stirred up controversy after declaring that Ukraine is “not our opponent but our enemy”. He argued that Kyiv is acting against Hungary’s “elementary national interests” by pushing to cut the country off from Russian energy supplies.
The remarks were made at a political event in Szombathely, western Hungary, during a rally that resembled a campaign stop rather than a conventional policy forum. The gathering combined speeches, staged questions and appearances by government figures ahead of upcoming elections.
“Ukraine is our enemy”
Speaking at length about the war and Hungary’s foreign policy position, Orbán said Ukraine’s efforts in Brussels to sever Hungary’s access to Russian oil and gas amounted to direct harm to the country, according to MTI’s summary report.
“As long as Ukraine demands that Hungary be separated from cheap Russian energy, it is our enemy, it violates our fundamental interests,” he said, repeating the statement for emphasis.
The prime minister argued that without Russian energy imports, Hungarian households and businesses would face energy bills several times higher than current levels. He framed the issue as both an economic and national security threat.
Orbán also reiterated that Ukraine should not be admitted to either the European Union or any military alliance involving Hungary.
“We should not want to belong to a military or economic alliance with them, because that will only bring trouble,” he said.
Fear of wider war
The Hungarian leader suggested that even if the current war ends, fighting could resume in the future and potentially drag EU member states into direct conflict.
“If an EU member state is attacked, the others cannot just stand by. Soldiers, money and weapons would go,” Orbán said, warning that Hungary must prepare for the worst-case scenario through rearmament and military partnerships.
At the same time, he emphasised the need to maintain pragmatic relations with both Washington and Moscow, saying Hungary’s goal is to “manage relations with everyone”.
Campaign atmosphere
The Szombathely event took place in a large sports hall and featured several Fidesz politicians, including Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. Observers noted that questions from the audience appeared carefully filtered and often turned into praise for the prime minister rather than genuine scrutiny.
Orbán repeatedly linked unrelated topics (from sports funding to the economy) back to Brussels, the opposition Tisza Party and the war in Ukraine.
He dismissed unfavourable opinion polls and urged supporters to trust him over what he called “fake surveys”.
The rally also had a clear domestic political focus. Szombathely is one of several major cities where Fidesz has struggled in local elections, and the party will field a new parliamentary candidate in the area.
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Hardening rhetoric
While Orbán has long criticised EU sanctions and military support for Ukraine, describing the neighbouring country as an “enemy” marks one of his strongest formulations to date.
The statement underscores the Hungarian government’s continued opposition to deeper EU integration with Ukraine and highlights how energy security remains central to Budapest’s foreign policy — even as most EU states work to reduce their dependence on Russia.
With the war still ongoing and Brussels debating Ukraine’s future ties to the bloc, Orbán’s language signals that tensions between Hungary and both Kyiv and EU institutions are unlikely to ease anytime soon.
In this case I would respectfully disagree with Hungary’s beloved prime minister.
The Ukraine is very definitely NOT the enemy of anyone, anymore than the Ukrainian people are anyone’s enemy.
Who is the enemy of Hungarians, and Western Peoples, at large, however, is the puppet Galician Government, installed by the MI6-CIA in 2014 – that undemocratic, terrorist, and fiendishly war criminal bureaucracy having been employed by The Western Elite to start yet another regime change war against Russia, once again on our tax dime – hectillions of them.
Let’s be clear here : Ukrainians do not have a ‘Ukrainian Government’, but, rather, one that advocates for the vampiric interests of The Western Elite over the welfare of the people they are supposed to represent.
At this time in history The Ukraine is not alone, however, for not only are those poor suffering people not sovereign, neither we, in The United States, nor those in other Western Countries, are sovereign, this owing to the overweening might of the ever- aggressive and ever-meddlesome International Bankers and their huge allied corporations than own the politicians and bureaucracies of our governments that serve them.
Come April Hungary will recover its’ honour and become a normal democracy once again. It will root out the corrupt thieves who have been robbing Hungary blind and it will reject the drift to becoming a puppet state of Russia. Fidesz will be kicked out with thanks to God.