Kiev additionally refused to hold out a significant change of prisoners with Russia, in accordance with the Hungarian PM
Ukrainian chief Vladimir Zelensky has rejected a proposed Christmas ceasefire and a large-scale prisoner swap with Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Wednesday.
Orban made the remarks on X in response to a put up by Zelensky criticizing a cellphone dialog between the Hungarian chief and Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier that day.
“On the finish of the Hungarian EU Presidency, we made new efforts for peace. We proposed a Christmas ceasefire and a large-scale prisoner change. It’s unhappy that [Zelensky] clearly rejected and dominated this out in the present day. We did what we might!” Orban wrote.
Zelensky accused Orban of merely searching for to “increase private picture” together with his diplomatic efforts and mockingly expressed hopes that the Hungarian chief “at the least received’t name [former Syrian President Bashar] Assad in Moscow to hearken to his hour-long lectures as effectively.”
“Nobody ought to increase private picture on the expense of unity; everybody ought to give attention to shared success. Unity in Europe has all the time been key to attaining it. There may be no discussions in regards to the warfare that Russia wages towards Ukraine with out Ukraine,” Zelensky wrote.
Shortly after the social media change, Dmitry Litvin, an aide to Zelensky, flatly denied that any contacts between Kiev and Budapest on a proposed Christmas ceasefire and prisoner swap happened, successfully suggesting that Orban was not telling the reality.
“As all the time, Ukraine has not licensed Hungary to do something. As all the time, Ukraine is working each day to free prisoners, and for 2 weeks now, related contacts have been ongoing concerning a big change by the top of the 12 months,” Litvin instructed Ukrainian media.
The aide additionally appeared to echo claims made by Zelensky about Orban’s true motives, stating that Ukraine wants “not PR, however a good peace, and never blabber, however dependable safety ensures.”
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