Orbán sparks outrage claiming Ukraine not sovereign amid drone incident
Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary (photo: Getty Images)
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán believes that Ukraine is not a sovereign independent state. Therefore, he sees no problem with violating its airspace, the Hungarian prime minister said, according to hvg.
Orbán, commenting on the incursion of Hungarian drones into Ukrainian airspace, stated that "no one is planning to attack Ukrainian territory from the west."
The Hungarian prime minister believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be more concerned about the eastern direction.
"Well, two, three, or four Hungarian drones flew over or didn't — it's not a problem. Suppose they crossed a few meters over there, so what? Ukraine is not an independent sovereign state; we are sustaining it. It should not behave as if it were sovereign. If the West decides tomorrow not to give a single forint, Ukraine will shut down. This is not what we should be dealing with," he said cynically.
The prime minister also added that it was supposedly "unclear" what Hungarian drones could be observing for the Russians in the Zakarpattia region, "if the front is not there."
Orbán reiterated that Ukraine "has lost a fifth of its territory" and its sovereignty is "over."
At the same time, the prime minister insisted that he and Zelenskyy are "not enemies of each other."
Hungarian drone over Ukraine
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Hungarian drones had violated Ukrainian airspace. According to him, they may have been observing Ukraine's defense industry.
Hungarian officials denied launching drones over Ukraine and accused Zelenskyy of lying.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided evidence that a drone from Hungary had indeed violated Ukrainian airspace.
