For Hungary's former autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, Ukraine was an "evil empire," a mafia state teeming with human traffickers, drug dealers and arms merchants.
He and his regime even suggested that Ukraine wanted to launch an attack on Hungary. It is comments along those lines that likely contributed to Orban's crushing defeat in April.
So far, his successorhas not shown unconditional support for Ukraine either. Despite criticizing Orban's anti-Ukrainian rhetoric as lies and diversionary tactics, Peter Magyar has also ruled out providing military aid to Kyiv.
At the same time, he has also criticized Russia.Minority rights for Hungarians in Transcarpathia
But last week, Magyar announced a shift in Hungarian policy toward Ukraine that he described as "historic." He declared in a video posted on Facebook thatthe two countries had reached an agreement regarding the rights of the Hungarian minority in the western Ukrainian region of Transcarpathia.
