János Bóka, the minister for EU affairs, said there is no money for Ukraine's European Union membership.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Minister Bóka said Ukraine is "one of the poorest countries in Europe", arguing that before the outbreak of the war, the country's per capita GDP was 3,285 euros according to 2020 data, compared with 14,370 euros in Hungary, that is four times the Ukrainian figure.
The poorer a member state is, the more it receives in European Union support, he added.
Since the outbreak of the war -- though Ukraine is not yet a member of the bloc -- the EU has already provided the country with at least 138 billion euros in funding, Boka said. This comes close to the EU's annual budget, and it does not include the 500-600 billion euros in aid that would be required for Ukraine's reconstruction, he added.
"However, the EU budget is not increasing, so a good part of Hungary's EU funds would also end up in Ukraine," the minister said.