Zelenskyy called Orban's relationship with Putin too warm — Politika

The Ukrainian president did not have a conversation with the Hungarian prime minister and learned about all his initiatives from the mass media.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban does not have a mandate to hold negotiations with Putin, and that his relations with the president of the aggressor state are “too warm.”

He spoke about this at a press conference in Brussels, responding to a Hungarian journalist's question about the Hungarian Prime Minister's proposal for a “Christmas exchange” of prisoners and a ceasefire.

Zelensky emphasized that he had no conversation with Orban and learned about all his initiatives from the media. According to him, such a situation is “not serious” and resembles “political PR”.

“The Prime Minister of Hungary, despite all his respect for Hungarians and Hungary, has no mandate for negotiations. His relationship with…