Hungary summons Russian ambassador over drone strikes on western Ukraine
The new government condemned the attack and summoned the Russian ambassador after officials reported five drone impacts in the region.
- On Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced that his government summoned the Russian ambassador to the foreign ministry in Budapest following a drone attack on western Ukraine.
- Russia unleashed a daytime drone attack on western Ukraine, killing at least three people and targeting critical infrastructure in Zakarpattia, including sites near Svaliava and Uzhhorod.
- Foreign Minister Anita Orban will meet the ambassador on Thursday morning and stated that Hungary "deeply condemns" the strikes, according to a video message.
- This summons marks a significant shift for the Tisza government, as Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's administration maintained close ties with Moscow and never summoned the envoy after similar attacks.
- Magyar plans to ask the Russian representative when Moscow intends to end the more than four-year-old war with Ukraine during the Thursday meeting.
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Hungary Summons Russian Ambassador After Drone Attacks on Western Ukraine
Hungary summoned the Russian ambassador in Budapest on Wednesday evening following a major drone attack on Western Ukraine that targeted a region home to a significant ethnic Hungarian minority.
Budapest, 14 May (EFE).- The new Hungarian government, of the conservative Péter Magyar, has condemned the recent attacks by Russian drones against Transcarpatia, a region inhabited by many magyars in the far west of Ukraine, and therefore summoned the Russian ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Budapest. “The Hungarian government deeply condemns the attacks against the region where Hungarians also live,” Magyar said last night outs…
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The Independent (US)Hungary summons Russian ambassador to protest attack in Ukraine near its border
BUDAPEST (AP) — Hungary has summoned the Russian ambassador over a massive drone attack near Hungary’s border with Ukraine, marking a stark shift of tone by new Prime Minister Péter Magyar toward Moscow after years of cozy relations with the Kremlin under former Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán.
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Hungary’s new government summons Russian envoy after strike on Zakarpattia
Hungary will summon Russia's ambassador on 14 May over the previous day's drone strikes on Zakarpattia Oblast, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced after the first meeting of his new government on 13 May. This is the first time a Hungarian government has called in Russia's envoy over an attack on Zakarpattia—the Ukrainian region bordering Hungary. Under Viktor Orbán's foreign minister Péter Szijjártó, the previous government stayed silent throu…
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