'Starting a war is not a war crime': Orbán's Hungary, the EU's most anti-Ukraine government

Federaţia Rusă

Hungary is a member of both the European Union and NATO – yet in recent years it has increasingly stood apart from its allies. From immigration policy to questions of national sovereignty, Budapest has taken a far more confrontational stance toward Brussels and the broader European consensus. Nowhere has that divide been clearer – or more consequential – than in its approach to the war in Ukraine. While most of Europe has rallied behind Kyiv, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sought to preserve