President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, during a video message to the members of the European Council on Thursday, personally addressed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban with a request for support.

"Hungary... I want to stop here and be frank. Once and for all. You have to decide for yourself who you are. You are a sovereign state. I have been to Budapest. I adore your city. I have been many times – very beautiful, very sincere. And so are the people. You have had tragic moments in your life. I was on your embankment. I saw this memorial... Shoes on the Danube Promenade. About the massacres. I was with my family," Zelensky said.

"Listen, Viktor, do you know what's going on in Mariupol? Please, if you can, go to your embankment. Look at those shoes. And you will see how massacres can be repeated in the modern world," he also said, adding: "And this is what Russia is doing today."

"Shoes too. In Mariupol, there are the same people. Adults and children. Both grandfathers and grandmothers. And there are thousands of them. And these thousands are gone," the president said, asking Orban a question: "Are you in doubt whether to impose sanctions or not? Not sure whether to let weapons through or not? Are you at a loss whether to trade with Russia or not?"

"There is no time to doubt. It's time to decide. We believe in you. We need support. We believe in your people. We believe in the European Union," Zelensky said, adding: "And we believe that at the decisive moment, Germany will also be with us".