Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, after 1.5 days, still responded to the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on July 8, as a result of which the Ohmadtet children's clinic was destroyed.
He called the strike tragic and heinous, but chose not to name the specific perpetrators of the war crime in the center of Ukraine.
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—Yesterday's tragic and heinous attack on Kyiv proves that our fears were justified: as could have been predicted, the brutality of the Russian-Ukrainian war has reached a new level.
That is why nine days ago we embarked on a peacekeeping mission. This is the only way to prevent further bloodshed, — Orban wrote in his X.
“Peacekeeping mission” Orbán — reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba emphasized that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin set up his colleague Orban with an attack on Okhmatdyt after meeting with him in Moscow.
According to the Ukrainian diplomat, such a war crime was a demonstration of the Kremlin’s reluctance to make concessions and negotiate an end to the war.
—Putin put Orban in a difficult position with this blow. Because against such a background, it is very difficult to promote the narrative about a peaceful settlement, — stated the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on air of the national telethon.
On the day of Orban’s visit to Kyiv, the Hungarian Prime Minister was presented with a clear position of Ukraine: no agreements on Ukraine without Ukraine and no alternative basis for ending the war — Peace formula initiated by President Zelensky.
— We are ready to talk about everything else, but these two principles are inviolable. We need to continue the dialogue with the Hungarians, because they are our neighbors, members of the EU and NATO, — Kuleba summarized.
