"The Ministry of Defense has an evacuation plan in place to help Hungarian citizens and, if necessary, citizens of other nations to leave Ukraine," they wrote. More than 130,000 Transcarpathian Hungarians live in Ukraine.Continue reading
Hungary’s national security cabinet met in the prime minister’s office early Tuesday to review the Ukraine crisis, the PM’s press chief said.
The meeting was led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Gergely Gulyás, the PM’s chief of staff, Antal Rogán, who heads the Prime Minister’s cabinet office, Tibor Benkő, the defence minister, and Sándor Pintér, the interior minister participated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced late Monday the immediate recognition of the sovereignty of the breakaway “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Luhansk People’s Republic” in eastern Ukraine, and he ordered Russian troops into the territories as “peacekeepers”.
Earlier, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talked to European Council President Charles Michel, and said Hungary shared the stance of the European Union on the conflict unfolding between Ukraine and Russia, the PM’s press chief said.
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