Zelenskyy asked neighbours to let grain cargoes through, Hungary PM Magyar says
Magyar said he would allow sealed grain trains to pass through Hungary, as 90% of Ukraine’s crop exports have been disrupted by Russian attacks.
- On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy requested that Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary allow transit of grain cargoes, with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar agreeing to the measure if cargo only passes through Hungary to other destinations.
- Around 90% of Ukraine's wheat, corn, and sunflower seed exports depend on the Black Sea, where Russian military campaigns have nearly halted agricultural shipments, forcing Ukraine to seek alternative routes modeled on early-war solutions.
- During talks on Friday, Zelenskiy and Magyar agreed to reset Ukraine-Hungary ties, with Magyar assuring the Ukrainian leader of his full solidarity over the "inhuman Russian aggression" against Ukraine.
- Magyar has adopted a less confrontational approach toward Kyiv than his predecessor Viktor Orban, though he continues to demand progress on the rights of Hungary's ethnic minority in Ukraine.
- The European Commission forecasts the European Union's maize harvest at 50.1 million metric tons this year, a near two-decade low, as record heat and drought decimate plantings in France and Hungary.
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Hungary will allow the transit of Ukrainian cereals to Western Europe, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on RTL television. "If it only transits the country, then, obviously, there is no impediment," he said...
The politician noted that three to four years ago there was a well-established procedure.
Hungary has allowed Zelensky to transport corn only in sealed railcars
Another major “victory” for Kyiv’s diplomacy: after humiliating pleas at the EU summit, Zelensky was granted—albeit reluctantly—permission for Ukrainian corn to transit through Hungary to Western Europe. However, this came with...
Zelenskyy Asked Neighbors to Let Grain Through, Hungary PM Says
Because of the Russian blockade of the Black Sea, Zelensky asked Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary to allow transit of Ukrainian grain. Prime Minister Peter Madyar named a condition under which Budapest will not object
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