Hungary has canceled deportation orders and three-year Schengen entry bans imposed on seven employees of Ukraine’s state-owned Oschadbank, the bank’s press service said on Monday, May 18. According to Oschadbank, Hungary’s National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing also ordered the immediate removal of all related records from state registries.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The bank said the decision followed an official notification from Hungary’s constitutional protection authority withdrawing earlier conclusions that the Ukrainian citizens allegedly posed a national security threat. The Hungarian side reportedly reversed the restrictions after Oschadbank challenged the measures in court, without waiting for legal proceedings in Budapest to conclude. Oschadbank says restrictions fully overturned The decision fully cancels measures introduced on March 6, when Hungarian authorities ordered the deportation of seven Ukrainian cash collection employees and banned them from entering the Schengen zone. “Full cancellation of the unlawful decisions regarding our employees confirms Oschadbank’s position was correct,” said Yurii Katsion, chairman of Oschadbank’s management board. “We defended not only the rights of our people, but also the reputation of a state financial institution operating strictly within international law,” he added. The bank also thanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the National Bank of Ukraine, and Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry for supporting efforts to overturn the restrictions.