Viktor Orban's sharp reply to Donald Tusk: “What have you done for peace?”. The Hungarian Prime Minister confirms the conversation with Putin
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed that he had a discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he discussed ending the war and proposed holding a peace summit between the United States and Russia in Budapest.
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“It's true. I spoke with the Russian president about ending the war and holding a peace summit between the United States and Russia in Budapest,” wrote Orban on the X platform, responding to a message from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
In the same message, Orban directly attacked the Polish leader: “What have you done for peace?”
Donald Tusk had previously criticized Orban's position, saying that the Hungarian Prime Minister “he put himself entirely at the disposal of Putin“.
The news was first reported by US news agency Bloomberg, citing a transcript of a bilateral call from October 2025 obtained by the Hungarian government.
“Yesterday, our friendship reached such heights that I am willing to help in any way I can. I am at your disposal for any problem I can be of help in“, Orban said.
During the conversation, Orban referred to a Hungarian fable in which a mouse frees a lion caught in a net, because the lion had once spared the mouse's life, euronews writes.
Putin reportedly praised Hungary's “sovereign and flexible” approach to the war in Ukraine.
As Hungary's elections, scheduled for Sunday, approach, attention is focused on the increasingly close ties between Moscow and the Hungarian government.
