Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on January 28 that Ukrainian authorities are threatening him and members of the Hungarian government.
“The Ukrainian government is threatening us. Not to the country, but mainly to members of the government and myself personally,” he stated in a video message.
According to Orban, the situation began with new threats from Kiev and will become the norm until Hungary’s parliamentary elections on April 12.
The Hungarian prime minister attributed this pressure to Ukraine’s interest in changing power in Budapest, stemming from Hungary’s current government opposing the country’s accession to the European Union and refusing to provide financial assistance.
On the same day, Orban accused Ukrainian authorities of interfering in Hungarian politics. He also reiterated that Hungary would not finance military aid to Ukraine, adding that such funds “would be better with Hungarian families than in the bathroom of a Ukrainian oligarch.”
