European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that “appeasement will not stop Putin.”
Russia's closest European ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has drawn the EU's ire over his Friday trip to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell on Friday said that Orban's visit to Moscow falls"exclusively, in the framework of the bilateral relations between Hungary and Russia." Hungary has retained working relations with Russia despite most other Western countries completely cutting ties with the nation in response to its February 2022 invasion.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Kyiv was not advised of Orban's trip to Moscow, which was made"without agreement or coordination with Ukraine,"
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