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“They Flew a Few Meters In”: Orbán Downplays Drone Incursions, Attacks Ukraine’s Sovereignty
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has once again cast doubt on Ukraine’s sovereignty, dismissing Kyiv’s protests over reports that Hungarian reconnaissance drones violated Ukrainian airspace.
“Let’s suppose they flew a few meters in there [Ukraine], and so what?” Orbán said on the Fighter’s Hour podcast produced by his ruling Fidesz party on September 29.
He went further, claiming that “Ukraine is not an independent country. Ukraine is not a sovereign country … If we, that is the West, decide not to give it a single forint [Hungarian currency], tomorrow Ukraine could shut down.”
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Orbán argued that Kyiv has already “lost one-fifth of its territory” to Russia and that its survival depends entirely on Western assistance. “That is where sovereignty ended, and we support the remaining territory,” he said, while also adding that Hungary and Ukraine “may disagree, but we are not enemies.”
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha has responded to Viktor Orbán’s recent comments about Ukraine’s sovereignty and drone violations.
In a post on X on September 29, Sybiha noted that Orbán had effectively admitted Hungarian drones crossed into Ukrainian airspace. “The good news is that Prime Minister Orbán has admitted that some drones did enter Ukrainian airspace from Hungary,” he wrote.
The good news is that Prime Minister Orbán has admitted that some drones did enter Ukrainian airspace from Hungary. @FM_Szijjarto, how is your tweet about "fake" going? Did not age well?
— Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 (@andrii_sybiha) September 29, 2025
But the bad news is that the Prime Minister remains intoxicated by Russian propaganda.
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However, Sybiha stressed that the Hungarian leader’s rhetoric remains aligned with Moscow’s narratives. “The bad news is that the Prime Minister remains intoxicated by Russian propaganda,” he added.
Sybiha also pointed to Orbán’s reliance on Russian energy, saying Ukraine and its partners will “be eager to hear his thoughts on state sovereignty and independence once he has broken free from his dependence on Russian energy, as US President Donald Trump and European partners insisted multiple times.”
Earlier, it was reported that European Council President António Costa is pressing forward with Ukraine’s EU membership bid, seeking progress ahead of summit in Copenhagen despite Hungary’s veto.
