The Hungarian Defence Ministry has claimed that it’s not concerned within the launch of drones in the direction of Ukraine, which was reported by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday 26 September.
Supply: Hungarian Ministry of Defence in a remark to Hungarian information portal Telex, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: The Hungarian Defence Ministry claimed that "a press release by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that there was a Hungarian navy drone on the territory of Ukraine doesn’t correspond to actuality".
Quote: "Hungarian forces haven’t carried out and haven’t acquired orders concerning any flight of a drone on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border, which was reported by the media. We now have additionally not acquired experiences about such an incident from the Ukrainian facet, though we’re in fixed contact with them."
Particulars: The Hungarian Defence Ministry additionally identified that the NATO navy train Adaptive Hussars 2025 is happening within the nation till mid-October.
"Not solely our NATO allies, but additionally the Ukrainian facet, are being continually briefed on the train," the ministry stated.
Background:
- On 26 September, Zelenskyy stated that Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, had reported on incidents involving drones alongside the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.
- Commenting on Zelenskyy’s report about drones which will have entered Ukraine from Hungary, Szijjártó stated that "Zelenskyy is changing into obsessive about anti-Hungarian sentiment" and "is seeing ghosts".
- In response, Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X (Twitter) that "we’re beginning to see lots of issues, Peter, together with your authorities's hypocrisy and ethical degradation, open and covert work towards Ukraine and the remainder of Europe, serving as a Kremlin lackey".
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