Zelensky mocks Orban's attempts to “put pressure on Putin”
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The Ukrainian president criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's intentions to influence Putin. Zelenskyy emphasized the strength of the Ukrainian army and said he would not allow such attempts.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's attempts to "put pressure on Putin", UNN reports.
"We need a strong union, not those countries that want to do what Hungary wants today, like Prime Minister Orban, wants to do somehow... It won't work, I won't let him and people like him do it," Zelenskyy said during a meeting of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
He emphasizes that Ukraine is a strong country both on the battlefield and during a full-scale invasion.
"Does anyone else in Europe have such an example? No one does. Does Orban have such an army? No. How will he put pressure on Putin? A joke? A smile? Let him keep it," the President added.
Recall
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry called Kyiv's refusal to allow a phone call between Orban and Zelensky an "unprecedented gesture." Szijjártó said that Hungary had done more than anyone else for the peaceful resolution of the conflict.
