Recent flight maps also revealed that no flights from Turkey to Ukraine had dared cross Hungarian territory, suggesting that Turkish TB2 Bayraktar drone deliveries to Ukrainian forces were not welcomed by Budapest.
“Hungary is on Hungary’s side in the war between Russia and Ukraine,” Orban said after the EU-NATO summit in Brussels. His country helps everyone who is in trouble, but also wants to assert and protect its own national interests. Hungary must always stand up for its national interests in every international forum, said Orban, and: “That’s why it doesn’t matter which government Hungary has. Whether it has a government that supports national interests or one that takes on a submissive role and swims with the big countries that exude authority.”
There are “certain Hungarian interests that may be threatened by a war in our neighborhood,” he added. “Therefore we are in a dangerous situation, but we are on Hungary’s side and we are looking at the situation with Hungarian mind and from a Hungarian point of view.”
Orban also spoke out against further sanctions against Russia. Peace cannot be restored by imposing sanctions that “harm us more than the Russians”.
The Hungarian head of government also emphatically rejected the introduction of no-fly zones over Ukraine. These are “dangerous proposals”. It is completely understandable that Ukrainians are asking NATO to engage in air warfare and send weapons, Orban said, but added: “We are not Ukrainians or Russians, we are Hungarians.”
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“Hungary is on Hungary’s side in the war between Russia and Ukraine”
Orban is wise enough to not be drawn into either side in this conflict, and avoid the post-war baggage that would bring. Other countries in the region may not have the option that Hungary does in this conflict, but that is no reason why Hungary cannot do what it can to put its own interests first. Despite Ukrainian claims, Hungary has little love for Russia, with 1956 still part of the nation’s collective memory. And Hungary has welcomed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, and is prepared to receive more. And that is a clear indicator that even though Hungary might not take sides in the conflict, does not mean that it is not involved, or concerned.
Also, Hungary joined NATO in 1999. Hungary must therefore obey at least some dictates from the Empire of Lies.
If anything like that happens, it will be a moment of truth, and not just for the Hungarian government.
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