
— Viktor Orban: The situation in Transcarpathia was better during the USSR than it is in Ukraine Today
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has mentioned that the situation regarding Hungarian language and minorities in Transcarpathia was better during the USSR than it is now under a independent Ukraine.
Orban, in a meeting with the Hungarian Permanent Conference, said that the Hungarian minority is in the worst possible situation. According to him, the political leadership of Ukraine is following a path that Budapest cannot endorse.
— "I'm not exaggerating when I say that the situation regarding the Hungarian minority was better during the Soviet Union than under the Ukrainian state,"
Orban said that he would provide assistance to the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia, as he says that Ukraine "continues to punish the citizens of Transcarpathia" despite the war.
— "It is very difficult to help a country that is waging war without an internationally recognised military objective."