Overview
- Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Ukraine’s leaders mounted a coordinated attempt to influence Hungary’s April 12 election and ordered the Ukrainian ambassador to be summoned.
- Orbán’s charge followed sharp remarks by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Davos, while Hungary’s foreign minister alleged Ukraine is openly trying to sway the vote.
- Budapest is advancing a national petition against EU funding for Ukraine, with Orbán warning that proposed common loans and long‑term packages would burden future generations with debt.
- Hungarian officials accuse Kyiv and EU institutions of pressuring Budapest to cut Russian oil and gas, a step the government argues would harm energy security and raise household costs.
- Hungary’s opposition Tisza leads in most polls, and Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha labeled Orbán a threat to his own people in a new interview.