Overview

• Ukraine says reconnaissance drones likely originating in Hungary crossed into western airspace and it has launched an inquiry.
• Prime Minister Viktor Orbán downplayed the reported incursion, saying even if drones crossed the border it was insignificant and asserting Ukraine is not sovereign.
• Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó rejected Kyiv’s claim and accused President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of an anti-Hungarian fixation.
• Hungary moved to restrict access to 12 Ukrainian news sites after Ukraine earlier blocked several outlets, including Hungarian-language portals.
• The dispute builds on frictions over Budapest’s ties with Moscow and its resistance to Ukraine’s EU accession, intensifying an already fraught relationship.