Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has leaned toward Moscow during Russia’s two-year invasion of Ukraine, visited Kyiv on Tuesday, and declared the war “the most important issue for Europe.”
Orban met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but in a sign of their still tense relations, the Kyiv leader did not publicly acknowledge the visit until hours after Orban’s arrival. Zelenskyy said on the X social media platform that they had discussed trade, cross-border cooperation, infrastructure and energy.
The Ukrainian president’s office did, however, release a video showing Zelenskyy thanking Orban for his visit and welcoming him to the country after shaking hands and then sitting across from each other at a round table with Hungarian, Ukrainian and European Union flags in the background.
