Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Ukraine of attempting to interfere in parliamentary elections and has ordered that the Ukrainian ambassador be summoned for a conversation.
Orbán said that last week, Ukrainian political leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “made crude insults and threats against Hungary and the Hungarian government”.
“Our national security agencies have analysed this latest Ukrainian attack and concluded that these events are part of a coordinated series of Ukrainian actions aimed at interfering in elections in Hungary, but we cannot allow anyone to threaten Hungary’s sovereignty or the integrity of Hungarian elections.”
Orbán added that he instructed Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó to summon the Ukrainian ambassador in Hungary. “We will defend Hungary’s sovereignty and interests,” he said.
Last week, Zelenskyy said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that “every ‘Viktor’ who lives off European money while trying to sell out European interests deserves a smack upside the head“. He did not specify which Viktor he meant.