US EditionUkraine rejects accusation by Hungarian leader Orbán over the fatal beating of a dual citizen
TRANSCARPATHIA, UKRAINE, JUL 10 – Hungary summoned Ukraine's ambassador after a man from Transcarpathia died following alleged abuse by military recruiters during forced conscription, escalating bilateral tensions.
- Last Wednesday, Mandiner reported a 45-year-old Hungarian man from Transcarpathia, beaten with iron bars by Ukrainian conscription officers, died on July 6 after three weeks in care.
- Ukraine’s mobilization, under the 2024 law, led to the conscription of József Sebestyén, who was allegedly beaten near a Beregszász café during draft evasion attempts.
- Mandiner reports that József Sebestyén, beaten with iron rods in a forest, died after three weeks in intensive care in Beregszász following Ukrainian conscription abuse.
- Budapest summoned Ukraine's ambassador, with Orbán vowing to block Ukraine’s EU bid after condemning the violence as 'unacceptable in Europe'.
- Beyond immediate tensions, the incident heightens Hungary–Ukraine disputes over minority rights, risking EU accession progress due to EU concerns over treatment of Transcarpathian Hungarians.
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The death of Jozsef Sebestyen after being forced to enlist and taken to a psychiatric hospital has generated tensions between Hungary and Ukraine, amid increasing reports of forced mobilization and abuse of conscription
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Ukraine rejects accusation by Hungarian leader Orbán over the fatal beating of a dual citizen
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Ukrainian authorities of beating a Hungarian-Ukrainian dual citizen to death after his military conscription.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador on Thursday in connection with the death of a Hungarian citizen who died in Ukraine. According to Budapest, it was caused by a beating during forced military recruitment. Ukraine denied this, and according to the Ukrainian military, the man died of a pulmonary embolism with no signs of injuries indicative of violence.
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