Orban shocks with claim Ukraine should be split in three

According to Orbán, Ukraine will supposedly be split into: a Russian-controlled zone, a demilitarized buffer zone, and a western zone.

Orbán said that Ukraine's fate seemed to be decided and that currently European states discuss security guarantees, but these guarantees in fact mean the division of Ukraine, which will result in a Russian zone, a demilitarized zone, and a western zone.

Hungarian Prime Minister also added that the real question is not whether a Russian zone will exist, but how much territory it will cover and which regions it will include.

"A Russian zone already exists, the debate today is only about how many counties it should include," Orbán concluded.

Furthermore, the Hungarian Prime Minister claimed that the borders of the so-called demilitarized zone are still being discussed.

Strained Hungarian-Ukrainian relations

Orbán has long been accused of taking a pro-Russian stance. Hungary has repeatedly blocked EU aid to Kyiv and opposed sanctions against Moscow.

Budapest has also resisted Ukraine’s accession to the EU - a stance President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently described as strange, especially since even Russia has effectively come to terms with Ukraine's European integration.

Orbán, however, insists Hungary is not an anti-Ukrainian state and wants a future for Ukraine. The Hungarian Prime Minister argues that security guarantees for Ukraine should be discussed with Russia rather than the United States.

Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that Hungary expressed outrage over Ukrainian strikes on the Druzhba oil pipeline. Hungary's Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, called the strikes on Druzhba an attempt on his country’s energy security.