Hungary has escalated its confrontation with Ukraine , with Prime Minister Viktor Orban demanding that the European Union impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials over the death of a Hungarian citizen during military mobilisation. The man in question, Jozsef Sebestyen, a 45-year-old ethnic Hungarian from Ukraine ’s Transcarpathian region, allegedly died after being beaten for refusing conscription - an accusation Kyiv firmly rejects. Orban made the claim publicly last week, stating that