Hungary Returns Seized Oschadbank Cash and Gold to Ukraine
Zelenskyy said the return marks a constructive step after Hungary seized about $82 million in cash and gold from Oschadbank couriers in March.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Hungary returned $40 million, 35 million euros, and nine kilograms of gold seized from Oschadbank employees in March.
- Hungarian authorities detained seven Oschadbank couriers on March 5 while transporting the assets through Budapest, triggering a diplomatic row that Ukraine characterized as "hostage-taking."
- The incident stemmed from a serious falling-out in February between Zelensky and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over Russian oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline.
- After Orban lost the April 12 election, successor Peter Magyar ended the confrontation with Kyiv, allowing oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline to resume.
- Zelensky thanked Budapest for the return, calling it a "constructive and civilized step" that signals improved bilateral relations between the two nations.
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Hungary Returns Seized Oschadbank Cash and Gold to Ukraine
Budapest has returned to Ukraine gold and cash it had seized from bank vehicles that were transporting the assets across Hungary. Under Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who recently lost an election to Peter Magyar, officials in March confiscated $82 million in cash and gold from armored vehicles belonging to Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank on suspicion of money laundering. Ukraine condemned the move as racketeering. Ukrainian Presid…
Hungr a returned today Ukrainian cash and gold that seized early in this to or to the state bank of Hungr a.
Hungary returned on Wednesday a shipment of cash and Ukrainian gold worth 82 million dollars, confiscated on March 5, 2026 under suspicion of money laundering, to the Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank. Article Hungary returns to Ukraine a shipment of cash and gold confiscated by the government Viktor Orban worth 82 million dollars appears first in Romania TV.
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