Ukraine asks Orbán to stop speculating about his "Christmas truce"
www.pravda.com.ua
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:55:16 +0200
Kyiv has repeatedly asked Hungary to refrain from manipulating the topic of the war in Ukraine, particularly in light of Budapests Christmas truce proposal.
Source Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for Ukraines Foreign Ministry, at a briefing on Friday, as reported by European Pravda Details Tykhyi stressed that there is no real Christmas truce on the table at present, calling the alleged proposals a PR move by the Hungarian side, which we call peace PR move.
Why are they doing this Apparently, for some internal political reasons.
There are no realistic proposals on the negotiating table, the spokesperson emphasised.
He noted that Ukraine has repeatedly asked Hungary, both publicly and privately, not to engage in manipulations on the topic of war, deaths and the Christmas holiday.
Its just a cynical manipulation, in our opinion...
Well, you can see theyre doing what they see fit, the spokesman concluded.
Background Tensions between Kyiv and Budapest escalated after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn called Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin last week.
Afterwards, Orbn said that he had proposed a ceasefire and a largescale prisonerofwar swap between Kyiv and Moscow for Christmas but claimed that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had rejected the idea.
Kyiv emphasised that it first learned of the truce proposal from media reports, as the Hungarian side had not communicated it directly.
Earlier, President Zelenskyy criticised Orbans attempts to present himself as a mediator in the settlement of the RussoUkrainian war.
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