The Hungarian government said on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was setting “a bad example” by saying the missile that killed two people in a Polish village near the Ukrainian border was Russian.
“In such a situation, world leaders speak responsibly,” Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, told reporters.
However, “the Ukrainian president, by immediately accusing the Russians, was wrong, he is a bad example,” he added, hailing instead the cautious attitude of Poland and the United States.
Warsaw judged “highly probable” that it was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft projectile, evoking “an unfortunate accident”, a hypothesis accredited by NATO and the White House.
Orban maintains his ties to the Kremlin
However, for Volodymyr Zelensky, the missile was “Russian”. “I have no doubt that this missile was not ours,” he insisted Wednesday night on television.
Eager to maintain close ties with the Kremlin, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has tense relations with President Volodymyr Zelensky as he denounces Russia’s offensive in Ukraine.
“Only Russia is responsible for the war, without war there would be no missile attacks on Poland,” Gergely Gulyas stressed.
Source: BFM TV
