A deal between Budapest and Kyiv on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine has cleared a key obstacle to the opening of the first negotiating cluster.
Foreign Minister Anita Orbán has summoned the Russian ambassador, demanding an explanation for the unprecedented strikes on civilian areas in Western Ukraine.
“No country has ever blackmailed its way into the European Union–and it won’t happen this time either,” the Hungarian PM responded to the Ukrainian leader.
