Hungarian Prime Minister said that Ukraine was a “financially non-existent country” and that without the support of its partners, the war would end immediately.

Viktor Orbán lamented that public opinion in Europe is not yet ready to force leaders to reconsider the sanctions policy towards Russia, but “that time will come”. He complained about allegedly more bad news from Ukraine regarding the situation of the Hungarian community, and also referred to the fact that Europe is forced to finance many of Ukraine"s needs.

“Ukraine is a non-existent country in the financial sense, it cannot finance itself. The question is whether we support Ukraine or not. As soon as we say no, the war will end. Europe provides funds for Ukrainian pensions, salaries, education and healthcare needs, without giving these funds to its own budgets, and this cannot go on forever”, - Orbán’s statement cited by Hungarian Radio Liberty and 24.hu.