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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) discussed the contented of Hungarians captured portion warring for Kyiv, the Kremlin said.
Ukraine is location to a ample Hungarian minority, mostly surviving successful the occidental Zakarpattia region.
Mr. Orban is 1 of the fewer European leaders to support adjacent ties with Russia amid the warfare successful Ukraine and has publically criticised Kyiv for drafting taste Hungarians into its army.
“Vladimir Putin held a telephone speech with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban,” the Kremlin said successful a statement.
“Issues concerning Hungarian citizens mobilised into the Ukrainian equipped forces and taken captive by Russia were besides touched on,” it added.
The Russian Defence Ministry published a video past week purporting to amusement a dual Hungarian-Ukrainian national captured arsenic a captive of war, alleging helium had been forced to enlist successful the Ukrainian army.
Last July, Hungary summoned Ukraine’s envoy implicit allegations an taste Hungarian antheral died weeks aft subject recruiters allegedly assaulted him successful Ukraine.
Kyiv says the antheral was legally mobilised and denied helium was beaten.
Mr. Orban and Mr. Putin’s telephone besides comes amid a standoff betwixt Budapest and Kyiv implicit supplies of Russian lipid to Hungary done Ukraine.
Ukraine says the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline that delivered ample amounts of Russian lipid to Hungary and Slovakia was damaged successful Russian aerial strikes connected January 27.
Slovakia and Hungary, Moscow’s closest partners successful the European Union, person accused Kyiv of deliberately stalling the pipeline’s reopening to enactment unit connected them. Kyiv rejects this allegation.
The Kremlin said Mr. Orban and Mr. Putin besides discussed the warfare successful the Middle East, successful peculiar its implications for the planetary vigor market.
