MOSCOW: Russia will free two Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals captured while fighting for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appealed for their release in a phone call. Ukraine accused the two countries of having “manipulated the sensitive issue of prisoners of war” and of staging the release as a PR stunt ahead of parliamentary elections in Hungary in April.

Putin and Orban discuss Hungarian POWs in Ukraine, highlighting tensions over military recruitment and energy supplies amid the ongoing conflict.

Ein Anruf von Ungarns Regierungschef Orban im Kreml genügt - und Präsident Putin zeigt sich freundlich. Er gibt dem Außenminister jetzt zwei Gefangene mit auf den Rückflug nach…

MOSCOW: Russia will free two Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals captured while fighting for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…