"Hopefully, at least Assad won't be called": Zelenskyy criticizes Orban for calling Putin
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reacted to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's phone call to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The head of state said that talk of a war against Ukraine cannot take place without Ukraine.
Zelenskyy made the statement on his official Telegram channel. "We all hope that Viktor Orban will not at least call Assad in Moscow to listen to his hour-long lectures," he wrote.
According to the president, it is "absolutely clear" that achieving real peace and guaranteed security requires America's determination, Europe's unity, and the commitment of all partners to uphold the goals and principles of the UN Charter.
"We should not play on our own image at the expense of unity – we should care about common success. It is unity in Europe that always brings success. Talks about the war against Ukraine waged by Russia cannot take place without Ukraine," Zelenskyy said.
He also expressed his gratitude to US President-elect Donald Trump and "many European leaders with whom we are already working together to find the right and strong solutions for real peace."
As reported by OBOZ.UA, on December 11, Orban said that he had a telephone conversation with Putin and that the "most dangerous weeks" of the war in Ukraine are now underway. The Kremlin, commenting on Orban's call, once again cynically accused Kyiv of allegedly abandoning peace talks and said that the Hungarian prime minister "expressed interest" in helping to find ways to resolve the "crisis" given his connections in the West.
The day before, Orban met with Trump and billionaire Elon Musk in the United States. He did not provide details of the talks.
On December 11, Trump himself said that ending the war in Ukraine would be his top priority after taking office, as "hundreds of thousands of soldiers" are dying on the battlefield.
Earlier, Zelenskyy criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's call to Putin. He called this conversation a "Pandora's Box" that opens the way to weakening Russia's isolation and unleashes Moscow's hands for further escalation.
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