A European Leader's Top Aide Suggested His Country Wouldn't Have Resisted If Russia Had Invaded It

mjankowicz@businessinsider.com (Mia Jankowicz), Business Insider
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 5:51am

Side by side images of Fidesz political director Balázs Orbán in 2023, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2024.Michel Euler/Leon Neal/Pool via AP PhotoAn aide to the Hungarian PM was criticized after suggesting Hungary wouldn't have resisted a Russian invasion.He referred back to a 1956 uprising in Budapest, which the Soviet Union brutally repressed.He said it was "irresponsible" to resist, citing the number of dead in the Ukraine war.A top aide to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has drawn criticism for suggesting that his country would not have resisted a Russian invasion like Ukraine did, according to multiple reports.Balázs Orbán, the prime minister's highly influential political director, made the remarks on the podcast of a conservative Hungarian news magazine.Balázs Orbán, who is also an MP, is not related to Viktor Orbán."We probably would not have done what President Zelenskyy did two and a half years ago, because it is irresponsible, because one can see that he took his country into a war of defense," Balázs Orbán said, according to Hungarian outlet Telex."So many people have died, so much territory was lost," he continued, adding: "It is their sovereign decision, they could choose to do it, but if they had asked us, we would not have recommended it."He said this was because Hungary had tried and failed to resist the Soviet Union in 1956.That year, Hungary — then a satellite state to the bloc — demanded democratization and a move away from Soviet control.

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    Viktor Orbán's political director received backlash after saying Hungary would probably not have resisted a Russian invasion like Ukraine did.
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