Lavrov Urges Hungary to Join Russia’s “Ethnic Minority Protection” Campaign Against Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed that Hungary and Russia share a “common problem” concerning the treatment of their ethnic minorities in Ukraine and suggested joint efforts to address it.

In an interview with Hungarian outlet Magyar Nemzet, published on July 7, Lavrov repeated long-debunked Kremlin propaganda, alleging that Russians in Ukraine face persecution and even killings—claims Moscow has used to justify its illegal annexation of Crimea, its hybrid warfare in eastern Ukraine, and its full-scale invasion.

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He went on to say that other ethnic groups in Ukraine—including Hungarians, Romanians, Poles, Bulgarians, Armenians, Belarusians, and Greeks—are allegedly subjected to what he called “forced Ukrainization.”

“Budapest is well aware of this issue. Now Russia and Hungary are openly speaking out in defense of their compatriots. And we can unite our efforts in this matter,” Lavrov claimed.

Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed that Ukraine remains an “undefined entity” and said that the results of the so-called Voks2025 “referendum” gave Hungary grounds to block Ukraine’s progress toward European Union membership.

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