"We do this because we must look after not only those that have fled the war but we also want to help those that stayed in Transcarpathia and even on the other side of the Carpathians," PM Orbán said.Continue reading
Whoever kills pregnant mothers and children, whoever bombs a Red Cross refugee column, whoever shoots up a nuclear power plant, can only be called a war criminal,” said the opposition alliance’s candidate for prime minister about Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference with Ukraine’s Ambassador to Hungary.
On Saturday, Péter Márki-Zay held a joint press conference with Ukraine’s Ambassador to Hungary, Telex reported. At the event, in the spirit of peace, the parties of the opposition alliance used donations to purchase an ambulance filled with equipment for the Ukrainian army. The ambulance symbolizes that the opposition is in favor of peace and saving lives, said the opposition’s candidate for prime minister.
According to Péter Márki-Zay, it is our moral and patriotic duty to help a neighboring nation when it is fighting for its freedom. “We Hungarians must always take a stand against aggression. When there are killers and victims standing against each other, we cannot say that we keep an equal distance from both sides.”
When the Russian tanks attacked Hungary in 1956, “we Hungarians could have used the solidarity and help of the Western nations,” Márki-Zay noted.
“In 1956, no one would have said in Hungary not to send weapons against the Russian aggressors,” said the opposition alliance’s PM candidate.
When asked about Putin, Márki-Zay said to ATV: “Whoever kills pregnant mothers and children, whoever bombs a Red Cross refugee column, whoever shoots up a nuclear power plant, can only be called a war criminal.”
Lyubov Nepop, Ukraine’s ambassador to Hungary, was thankful for the donation. She said she was grateful to the Hungarian government, the opposition, and the Hungarian people for the help they had been giving Ukraine in recent weeks.
Photo via Márki-Zay’s Facebook page
“Seeing the support every day makes me fall in love with Hungary all over again,” she said. “I see that this is indeed the nation of István Dobó, Lajos Kossuth, Sándor Petőfi, Imre Nagy. I see that the Hungarians of today have their blood in them,” said Ljubov Nepop, promising to do everything to ensure that Hungary does not end up like Ukraine, and to prevent such photos to exist as those of the Ukrainian war displayed behind her in the embassy’s garden.
If someone is sick, you have to give them medicine until they get better, she said. “What Russia is doing now is a cancerous tumor,” she emphasized, and that is why Ukraine needs the medicine, the additional support. She called for the closure of Ukrainian airspace, the delivery of arms, further tightening of sanctions against Russia, acceleration of Ukraine’s accession to the EU, and more humanitarian aid.
Featured photo via Péter Márki-Zay’s Facebook page