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'Hungary’s army marched to Ukraine’s border on Feb. 24, 2022': SBU major general hints at Orban-Putin deal

1 February, 2025 Saturday
15:16

SBU Major General Viktor Yahun suggests that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban may have signed a memorandum with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin regarding the possible occupation of part of Ukraine

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He spoke about this on Espreso TV.

“There is evidence from our military, who returned to Ukraine on February 24, 2022, to join the Resistance Forces, that the only army that did not deploy forces to defend its state but marched to the borders with Ukraine was the Hungarian army. I do not rule out that Orban could have signed such a memorandum on the possibility of occupying part of Ukraine after Putin took Kyiv, for example. They still haven't answered what was going on and why their army was moving to the border,” commented the reserve major general.

Viktor Yahun noted that there were attempts by the Hungarian side to tell the Ukrainian side that they wanted to take control of the situation with refugees at the border. He believes that in fact, it was all a lie, they were going to divide Ukraine, so we need to understand that our neighbors will feel our weakness, which we should not show.

  • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin immediately following his meeting with newly-elected U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida.
  • On December 17, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has no leverage over Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and emphasized that Kyiv does not need his mediation.
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