Hungary summoned the Russian ambassador in Budapest on Wednesday evening following a major drone attack on Western Ukraine that targeted a region home to a significant ethnic Hungarian minority.
Foreign Minister Anita Orbán announced the summoning of Ambassador Yevgeny Stanislavov in a video statement, citing what local authorities in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region described as the most intense Russian aerial assault since the 2022 invasion.
Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who took office on Saturday, joined the condemnation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the diplomatic move by Budapest, calling the summoning an “important message.”
“Moscow has once again shown itself to be a common threat not only to Ukraine, but also to neighboring countries and Europe as a whole,” he wrote on X.
