Ukrainian Bucha and Budapest district became sister cities

Krisztina Baranyi, the mayor of Budapest’s 9th district (Ferencváros), announced it yesterday on Facebook that war-torn Bucha, where the Russian troops committed mass executions this February, March and April, became sister cities. On the plaque she shared, there is an inscription saying that the city of Bucha is “the unconquered city”.

According to the Wikipedia, the Bucha massacre was the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians by Russian Armed Forces during the fight for and occupation of the Ukrainian city of Bucha amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photographic and video evidence of the massacre emerged on 1 April 2022 after Russian forces withdrew from the city.

Government official: Hungary helping Ukraine wherever needed

Hungary has been pulling its weight in aiding and supporting Ukraine since the start of the war and is bringing help to its north-eastern neighbour wherever its Ukrainian partners need it, the parliamentary state secretary for foreign affairs said in Ukraine on Thursday.

Neither Transcarpathia nor the rest of Ukraine is being left without help, as Hungary is doing everything in its power to ease the suffering of the Ukrainian people, Levente Magyar said in Chop (Csap) while delivering power generators and food intended for the recently liberated city of Kherson. The southern Ukrainian city and its surrounding areas are without power, water or heating, Magyar said, noting that Ukrainian MP Yulia Hryshyna and Transcarpathia Governor Viktor Mykyta had requested aid for the region. The Hungarian government immediately reallocated 250,000 euros in funding to procure the necessary aid, which has been delivered in collaboration with the Hungarian Ecumenical Charity, Magyar said.