Overview
- In an interview with Axel Springer’s CEO, Viktor Orbán said Ukraine has “no chance” to win and labeled continued European funding “just crazy.”
- He claimed the EU has already spent about €185 billion on Ukraine and argued such support “kills” the bloc economically.
- Orbán urged halting the fighting and accused EU leaders of prolonging the war to seek leverage for a future deal, a stance he called “totally wrong.”
- He predicted Russia would retain parts of eastern Ukraine such as Donetsk unless a “miracle” occurs and dismissed fears of a Russian attack on the EU or NATO.
- Budapest says it secured an indefinite U.S. waiver for Russian oil and gas, but Washington says it lasts one year as the U.S. sanctions Rosneft and LUKOIL and cancels a planned Trump–Putin summit in Budapest.