STORY: :: Russia's Vladimir Putin tells Hungary's Viktor Orban he is ready to discuss the 'nuances' of the Ukraine conflict
:: July 5, 2024
:: Moscow, Russia
:: Vladimir Putin, Russian President
:: "You have arrived here to discuss all the nuances of the situation regarding to Kyiv, regarding Ukraine."
:: Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary
:: "Hungary will slowly become the only European country that can talk to everyone."
Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the bloc on Monday. Five days in and Orban has visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv and formed the "Patriots for Europe" alliance with other right-wing nationalists.
Now, he has chosen to go to Moscow on a "peace mission," days before a NATO summit that will address further military aid for Ukraine against what the Western defense alliance has called Russia's "unprovoked war of aggression."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that only unity and determination within the 27-nation EU would pave the way to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine."
"Appeasement will not stop Putin," she said on X.
