Ukraine suspects that Hungary had made a robbery of recognition drones in his airspace, said President Volodyr Zelensky this Friday, September 26, which causes tension between these neighboring countries.
“The Ukrainian forces have registered violations of our airspace due to recognition drones, which are probably Hungarian,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on social networks.
According to the first analyzes, these planes “perhaps recognized the industrial potential of the border areas of Ukraine,” added the head of state. He did not give details about the precise location of these incidents or their dates, simply indicating that they were “recent.”
140 kilometers of the common border
The Rare country of NATO has strengthened its political and economic ties with Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Hungary shares about 140 kilometers from the western part of Ukraine.
Tensions between Kyiv and Budapest, already important before, have increased even more since the beginning of the war. Hungary refuses to help kyiv militarily, paralyzes his membership negotiations to the European Union and hinders the adoption of EU sanctions against Russia.
Early in the day, Ukraine had already announced prohibiting entry into its territory to three senior Hungarian military officials, replicating a similar decision of Budapest.
“We have imposed a prohibition of entry to three senior Hungarian military officials,” said Ukrainian diplomacy Andriï Sybiga in X.
“Every act of disrespect for Hungary will receive an adequate response, in particular the lack of respect for our soldiers,” he said.
His Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto immediately reacted on Facebook for the destitution that Ukraine expects, under these conditions, that Hungary “supports his” membership in the European Union. “Hungary had declared a person in August, not in plea, a high Ukrainian range, Robert Brow Brovdi.
Several Ukrainian strikes against a Russian pipeline
Budapest accused the soldier, of the Hungarian minority of Ukraine, of being responsible for the interruption of his Russian oil supplies linked to the Ukrainian strikes against Russian drugs Drugba.
kyiv has intensified in recent months his attacks against energy sites in Russia trying to interrupt their exports and reduce the income they generate and that allow Moscow to finance their war.
In July, Hungary also prohibited the entry to its territory with three Ukrainian military officers after death, during the mobilization, of a man who benefits from dual nationality. According to Budapest, recruiters of the Ukrainian army have defeated the victim until death, accusations firmly rejected by kyiv.
Ukraine, which has a masterful minority in the Transcarpatie region, a border of Hungary, has repeatedly accused Budapest of having distributed tens of thousands of passports to these people.
Source: BFM TV
