Ukraine's President Zelensky urges more sanctions against Russia as he says the strikes show the Kremlin's goals "are unchanged".

Szijjarto criticized Brussels for blindly adhering to its pro-war policy and refusing to acknowledge reality. In contrast, he stated, Hungary has consistently stood by its pro-peace position. For three years, we have been saying that peace in Europe can only be restored through a U.S.-Russia agreement,

At the latest EU summit, European leaders reached an agreement on defense and strategic matters, with the majority of member states supporting military aid to Ukraine—despite opposition from Hungary.

His position has given the former Warsaw Pact nation — which has a population only slightly larger than New Jersey — an outsized role in European diplomacy.

Hungary's government and affiliated media have attacked their war-torn neighbour with increased pace since Prime Minister Viktor Orban's "dear friend"

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders plan to hold emergency talks on Thursday to agree ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine.

European leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine and fend more for themselves on defense.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a staunch supporter of Trump and considered to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in Europe, refused to endorse part of the summit statement in favor of Ukraine and claims that it is the European Union who isolated itself,