Brussels issues rare condemnation of Ukraine’s president, as the Budapest-Kyiv feud boils over.
The European Commission on Friday rebuked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over remarks that Hungary interpreted as a threat against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Zelenskyy alluded Thursday to giving the address of a “certain person” — widely understood to mean Orbán — to Ukrainian troops for a direct talk “in their own language.”
Hungary took offense to the remarks, as an intensifying spat between Kyiv and Budapest threatens to run out of control.
“Specifically in relation to the comments made by President Zelenskyy, we are very clear as the European Commission that that type of language is not acceptable. There must not be threats against EU member states,” Commission deputy chief spokesperson Olof Gill told reporters Friday, in a rare condemnation of the leader in Kyiv.
10 Comments
Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 174d
Hear me out and my crazy theory...
Ukraine attacks Hungary which is a NATO member, and it triggers article 5.
NATO has to defend Hungary, and so invades Ukraine.
Ukraine immediately surrenders, relinquishing control to NATO.
NATO now has the obligation to defend the territory it controls from external threats.
Boom! NATO fights Russia out of Ukraine.
5D Chess
WilkoWandered@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 173d
Amazing!
ji59@hilariouschaos.com · 32 pts · 174d
I think Zelensky's response was reasonable given the Hungary had stolen tens off milions of euros from Ukraine.
Drusas@fedia.io · 5 pts · 174d
And kidnapped seven Ukrainians in the process.
Stamau123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 173d
I thought that happened after
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · -1 pts · 173d
According to the Panama and Pandora papers, so did Zelensky
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 174d
Hey so uh, Orban, here’s a thought, you fucking shitass: maybe don’t order your people to literally kidnap Ukrainian government employees and rob them of the better part of $100M, and we wouldn’t need to have this discussion.
troed@fedia.io · 21 pts · 174d
Yeah that was half the story.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 173d
and ORBAN being a puppet of putin, wake up EU.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 173d
If you take the side of a country's enemies during a war and take actions that benefit them, you're now a fair target.