Hungarian government bans three Ukrainian officials from Hungary
The foreign minister said those banned were responsible for forced conscription in Ukraine.
The foreign minister said those banned were responsible for forced conscription in Ukraine.
Gergely Gulyás said so far, not all EU member states had aligned themselves with Hungary's "firm stance".
Minister Szijjártó said the Council of Europe had confirmed that "a real manhunt" was taking place on the streets of Ukraine.
The prime minister said the winner of the EC's latest plan is Ukraine, and its biggest losers are European citizens.
The Hungarian government called on the European Union to include Ukrainian leaders who are responsible for the death of Hungarian national József Sebestyén on its human rights sanctions list.
The prime minister said József Sebestyén had been "beaten to death during forced conscription" in Ukraine's Transcarpathia province.
Minister Szijjártó insisted that conscription in Ukraine was often tantamount to "man hunts".
In a candid appearance on the Pikk Extra podcast, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán engaged in a wide-ranging discussion with journalists Zsolt Bayer and Áron Ambrózy, touching on the challenges facing Hungary and the wider European political landscape.
The prime minister said in the Fighters Club Facebook group that József Sebestyen had been carried away by force from Berehove (Beregszasz), beaten up several times and then taken to the hospital.
"Hungary is the first country to have held a referendum on Ukraine’s EU membership," PM Orbán said.
"On behalf of all Hungarians, please accept my sincere condolences. We are with you in this difficult time. May God rest your son!"
The prime minister said the government's Vote 2025 survey on Ukraine's EU membership had been "justified joint action" on the part of Hungarians.
Ukrainian conscription officers had beaten a Transcarpathian man with Hungarian citizenship, who died in the hospital three weeks after the incident, on July 6.