Ukrainian President again slams Hungarian PM for pointless mediation attempts

16:23, 17.12.2024 1 min read

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban has no levers of influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine also does not need his mediation in its relations with the United States, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

"We are a strong country. We have shown this on the battlefield during all time of Putin's aggression. Does anyone else in Europe has such experience today? Nobody does. Does Orban has such an army? No, he doesn't. How What kind of pressure is he going to put on Putin? An anecdote and a smile? He should keep them," the head of state said at the Ukrainian Congress of Local and Regional Authorities on Tuesday.

Zelenskyy also emphasized that Ukraine needs direct relations with the United States, without mediators.

"Prime Minister Orban, who, you know, wants [to do] something somewhere, won't make it. I won't let him and people like him do this," he said, adding that it is about the Prime Minister of Hungary and not its nation that supports Ukraine.