A senior adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sparked outrage by suggesting Hungary would be better off if it had not resisted the 1956 Soviet invasion while also criticizing Ukraine’s current efforts to confront Russian forces. Orban, a nationalist who rose to fame in 1989 by calling for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary, said his adviser’s “ambiguous” statements were a mistake, while the Hungarian opposition leader condemned them as “treasonous”. Balazs Orban, a political adviser to Viktor Orban, who is not related to the prime minister, said in an interview with the Mandiner website this week that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acted irresponsibly in choosing to resist the Russian invasion in February 2022, sparking a war that has led to many deaths. “Looking back to 1956, we probably wouldn’t have done what President Zelensky did 2.5 years ago, as it is irresponsible, as we can see that he led the country […]
Source: News Beast
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