Budapest has had it with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's rhetoric slamming the government of Viktor Orban due to refusing to acknowledge Ukraine, causing disunity in the EU. After one of his rants, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto told Kyiv to practically keep quiet due to the insulting tones of the speeches.
Since the start of the Ukraine incursion, many in the bloc were willing to listen but not Hungary, which did not want to get involved in the war.
Hungary Wants To Stay Out of Ukraine War
On April 6, the Foreign affairs minister to Kyiv said to stop insulting the will of the Hungarian people, reported the Express.
The reaction of the Hungarian leaders is a blot that shows the disunity of the European Union trying have all bloc members not willing to support Ukraine.
Szijjarto went on to say that they have been outspoken about the war in the nearby nation from the start, denouncing military aggression, supporting Ukraine's sovereignty, and admitting hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing for their lives, cited News Lanes.
Stated the security of their nation is more important than anything else despite pressure by other members to comply, with Brussels unhappy about it. Furthermore, the Ukrainians have their agenda, and Hungary has no interest in it.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Budapest declared he is prepared to satisfy a Russian request to pay in rubles for Russian natural gas, contradicting Volodymyr Zelensky and the rest of the EU.
The bloc's dependence on imports has kept it from taking harder penalties against the Kremlin. Blatantly Ukraine said on April 7 that the prime minister is defying the bloc's unity by siding with Moscow. Zelensky found himself getting rejected by Orban.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko strongly stated that if Hungary wanted to end the war, they should side with Kyiv and accept the demands, noted the Stars Post.
Next, Hungary was expected to support that Ukraine is on the right side of history.
Russia Has Been a Good Ally
Szijjarto said last Thursday that Hungary acquired the first supply of nuclear fuel for its Paks nuclear reactor via Russia via air on Wednesday, after the war in Kyiv rendered rail transportation problematic.
The official repeated that sanctioning Russian oil and natural gas and imposing limits on Hungary's nuclear energy program is an unacceptable red line.
A Facebook video posted by the Hungarian official in Brussels said that the nuclear fuel delivered through rail is not viable; another method to move it is needed. He stated that the fuel supply reached Hungary via the airspace of Belarus, Poland, and Slovakia, with the permission of all three nations, as nuclear energy is not subject to European Union restrictions.
Hungary planning to expand its 2-gigawatt Paks nuclear power plant with two Russian-built VVER reactors, all with a 1.2-gigawatt capacity. Orban's Budapest refuses to acknowledge Volodymyr Zelensky tells him not to expect anything from his government.
