Turns out, the man was right

I just admire and love Victor Orbán. Greetings from Finland. We, people here, are not enemy of Russia ... not at all. We love Russians and their culture which is part of our culture and religion.

Ukraine is losing but no one wants to admit it

Pan Orbán je nejlepší politik a VLASTENEC v nemocné a hnědé EU. BRÁNÍ ZÁJMY SVOJÍ ZEMĚ A SVŮJ NÁROD KTERÝ SI HO ZVOLIL. !!! ❤❤❤

To be fair, the intervention in Hungary in 1956 was by the USSR including Ukraine and not simply Russia

German media calls Orban a rightwinger. If this guy is a rightwinger, I don't wanna know what our politicians are.

He is realistic!!! The west will never listen! Sad for Ukrain and Russia!

At least someone from Europe can see hard facts.

I knew Hungarians living in the Western Ukraine. In the late 90s and early 00s they were regularly attacked by Ukrainian nationalists, many were forced to denounce their heritage and language. Don't let the propaganda fool you, it's not GOOD vs EVIL.

I remember back in 2015 millions of Syrian migrants went to Hungary and Orban rightfully said that Hungary can't host them but they're free to go elsewhere. The mainstream media immediately labelled him as a 'racist' & 'authoritarian'. Eventually the migrants went to Germany and Orban ensured that Hungary's borders remained secure. He's one of the few remaining leaders in Europe with some common sense.

Since when was peace a controversial topic?

In UK media all you hear is 'Orban pro Putin, blocks this/blocks that" no explaination or reasoning of his arguments as we are hearing in this video. Pitiful!

I'm surprised that Orban didn't correct the interviewer, twice, when he said Hungary was invaded by Russia. Are we going to pretend now that the USSR didn't exist ?

Surprised how well Orban speaks english.

Hungary has called for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine several times, mainly ignored in the media, even offered Budapest for the place to do so. Mainstream media mostly ignored the news. Turkey did the same thing several times, again everyone ignored it. Instead both countries are attacked and smeared over and over again for doing such a thing.

“This war is the failure of diplomacy” 👏🏻

"This war is the failure of diplomacy." Perfectly said!!

What he didn't say: last time we allied with nazis against Russia didn't work well for us.

Victor Orban is outstanding. He shows courage and political wisdom. No other state leader has so far described the political situation so aptly, so correct, so courageously and so openly.

Why can’t we have more leaders like him in Europe

For anyone wondering, by failure of diplomacy he meant the American-led coup in Ukraine in 2014.

At last a European who has got his thinking cap on 😮

And coming back it seems he spoke truth

Seems like this is the only politician left in this world with his brain intact and functioning properly😂

This guy knows his stuff. It seems the only politicians that speak sense are non western. I’m from the Uk aswell so no bias

One man with brain

Good to hear a sensible voice from Europe

Notice how all the anti-Orbán people in the comments can do is insult your character. Which in turn of course reveals more about them than it does about you or me.

"Failure of diplomacy", period.

He is the only and most sensible EU+NATO Political leader, that everyone should talk PEACE, NOT WAR No wonder he do not want blood on his watch. Hungary elected a very wise leader as their Prime Minister. Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 3 April 2022 to elect the National Assembly, coinciding with a referendum. Hungary's incumbent prime minister Viktor Orbán won re-election to a fourth term. Addressing his supporters after the partial results showed his Fidesz party leading by a wide margin, Orbán said: "We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels". Opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay admitted defeat shortly after Orbán's speech. Reuters described it as a "crushing victory".

Mr Orban is a matter of common sense .

Orban speaks great english...😮

First of all a correction here ... as Hungary was not invaded by Russia along , than being part of USSR . Also, at the time Russia was communist and now is not . Why West assume is the same ??? . This war not only will destroy Ukraine but also EU and Nato.

I like Mr Orban, he's the only bloke in Europe that's talking any sense.... Oh and people might say it's not my business because my nation isn't in the EU anymore, well.....it is when my nation has coughed up just over 7 billion in aid to the Ukraine. ....🇬🇧

Hungarians are lucky to have this man as their prime minister!

He is correct. There is no victory for either side, only more death and destruction.

Theres a man that knows what hes talking about.

Im from Ireland. He does make sense and this war is hurting even the common person. Happy Hungary is not a follower like so much of Europe.

So what he is saying is he views the war in the self-interest of Hungary versus the interest of Europe. That is the primary issue why the other EU countries have with Orban. This is not just about Hungary. If your neighbor's house is on fire you don't break out the marshmallows because it is not your issue.

Will Victor Orban sing the same tune if it’s Hungary that’s being invaded by Russia, and 1/4 of Hungary is occupied by Russia? Will he still say “ceasefire” and “negotiate” in such a situation?

Victor Orban is the only thinking head amongst European leaders. Russia never invaded Hungary. That was USSR.

Respect to Orban. Peace is the way.

2023 in Hungary: - In January, bread inflation was almost 82%, food inflation was over 48%, general inflation was 26.2%, three times the EU average! - In the first quarter, real wages fell the most in Hungary: with a 15.6% - In July our money lost 36% of its value in 2 years due to inflation !!! - In January, Lőrinc Mészáros, Orban's main strawman increased the monthly tolls by 72% after he bought the 35-year motorway concession - Lőrinc Mészáros bought a yacht for 27 billion forints, which is almost 11,000 years of average Hungarian pension. Mészáros's wealth increased by 150 billion forints in a single year - The Matolcsy, the head of central bank (MNB), bought an apartment in New York for 14 billion forints, which is equivalent to 5608 years of average Hungarian pensions. Meanwhile, the MNB has accumulated losses of HUF 2400 billion - The Orbán family's visible! wealth reaches HUF 100 billion, Orbán's father built a mansion in Hatvanpusztán for 10 billion forints - The cows on János Lázár minister's stud farm got waterbeds for HUF 3 billion from the state! - In 2023, Romania overtook Hungary in GDP per capita, - In 2023, Bulgaria overtook Hungary in per capita consumption, making us last in the EU in this respect too. - Hungary has the 2nd lowest average wage and minimum wage in the EU ! - The Dear Leader has finally found the magic weapon against inflation: he just had to fire the leading statisticians of the CSO, put them under the Rogán-led propaganda ministry and the single-digit inflation was achieved...! In 2023, the consumer price index was still 17.6% and food inflation 25.9%. - In 2023, growth (-0.9%) was the 3rd worst in the EU - 700 billion forints spent by the government to buy the Vodafone Hungary and give it away to Orban's stooge (equivalent to about 280,000 years of average Hungarian pensions) - 2021 foreign traffickers were released from Hungarian prisons in 2023 - There are already 100,000 Asian migrant workers in Hungary, who are undercutting the wages of Hungarian workers, with their numbers increasing by about 1,000 a month - 40% of the Hungarian population run out of money by the end of the month, with no savings - The Hungarian birth rate has fallen to an all-time low - OTP survey shows that 94 out of 100 young people do not want to work in Hungary ! - 125,000 Hungarians already work in Austria - Half a million Hungarians have disappeared in 10 years, the country's population is below 9.6 million, at 1953 levels and falling - In 2023 the budget deficit was 4593 billion forints , about 6.5 percent of GDP, more than double the 3 percent accepted by the EU

The Kingdom of Hungary entered the Second World War and took part in it on the side of Nazi Germany until the very end of the war, eventually falling into the Soviet zone of occupation. The economic situation in the country was further complicated by the fact that Hungary, as an ally of Germany in World War II, was obliged to pay reparations to the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia for several years, sometimes reaching a quarter of the national product. The development of events in Hungary coincided with the Suez crisis - on October 29, Israel, and then NATO members Great Britain and France, attacked Egypt supported by the USSR in order to capture the Suez Canal, next to which they landed their troops.According to the German Minister of Defense F. J. Strauss: At first, the Americans give hope to the Hungarians, but when things get serious, they leave the Hungarian people to their fate. There could be no talk of military intervention by NATO. The suppression of the Hungarian popular uprising by the Red Army was not seen as an action affecting the interests of NATO

The US and NATO's strategy is to aid Ukraine as much and as long as possible in the hope that Putin either gives up due to the high cost of war or is deposed by a disgruntled populace. Orban correctly realizes that neither of those 2 scenarios is likely.

Lie #1: Russian Federation never invaded Hungry. Lie: #2: Soviet military did enter Hungry *at the request of its legitimate government*.

I complete agree with president Orban!

A cease fire would just mean that the current Russo-Ukrainian war would be renamed to 1st Russo-Ukrainian war. And Orban knows it very well. And he knows which side would benefit from such outcome. Little hint: It is not Ukrainian side.

He's basically saying that Westerners should not give Ukraine any choice , but FORCE them to talk to Russia. I'm Romanian, we've had our share of battles with Russia over Moldova, and we're disgusted by this Russian puppet' behavior.

I would have never thought that in my life I would have considered a politician from Hungary much better than all the UK politicians put together

The British reporter fails to say why Ukrainian was invaded? Orban is logical and makes sense...

He might change his tune when Putin invades Hungary

This guy is the only leader in Europe who is not a US's puppet

The wisest leader of any European country.

Of course not. Ukrainian people should understand that they fight for Kiev REGIME and USA, not for Ukraine.

Orban is to serve Putin's interest.

Imagine Biden trying to have this conversation..... Never mind.

Too bad, that in 1956 the SOVIET units came from the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the last SOVIET soldier, who left Hungary in 1991 happened to be Ukrainian, he died recently in Subcarpathia, a region annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945, now part of Ukraine.

Hungarians remember, when ruzzian troops will come to Hungary, Mr. Orbán will save lives and give Hungarian lands to ruzzia.

Hungary is a small state in crisis who is dependent on russian gas... :)))

For some people, the truth is so inconvenient that they want to make it untrue. Can they?

Orbán forgot that Ukraine is not alone.

An Englishman talking of invasion what a hypocrite.

Pour les occidentaux, lorsqu'on leur dit la vérité qui ne les plaît, ils rappellent l'histoire. Mais lorsqu'on leur rappelle les faits historiques qui les gênent, ils se réfèrent aux faits actuels. Triste.

Russia is not the Soviet Union. So the whole argument to conflate the USSR's invasion of Hungary in 1956 as the same as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, does not hold water.

Support to Hungary from India 🇮🇳🧡 Nation First No Involvement in Foriegn Conflicts No Illegal Immigration Traditional Family Values As perfect as a country should be

Orban, a guy whith balls!

The most important question is when the US is going to push Poland to go to this war as Ukraine is running out of its main resource, people. Another one is which country is going to be the next after Poland made by the US to save the corrupted Ukrainian government and die for the US & UK interests.

The only honest opinion of the war I've heard in a while.

If Russia was about to invade Hungary this guy would surrender immediatelly .

And the Europese union calls thuis man a barbarian and a danger to freedom in the eu While he preaches peace the rest of the politicians including those of my own nation keep warmongering with russia.

It's funny how when these interviews take place re Russian invasion and this conflict, the interviewers never approach the subject from the standpoint of a violent coup d'etat in Kiev which removed the legitimate Government of Ukraine, which in turn heralded a raft of anti Russian legislation, and attacks on ethnic Russians, and a war waged against the largely ethnic Russian populations of the regions of the Donbas right on the border of the Russian Federation. At the point the Russians invaded, this conflict had been going on for 8 years and some 14, 000 people, thousands of them civilians, had already died. It might be refreshing to hear some of that background if you're trying to understand how things have reached this pass.

If the conflict doesn't end soon, it will last many more years without real territory gain on each side, the only question is how many people will die in this scenario!

I have been psyopd by twitter, reddit and mainstream media that this guy is somehow evil. He randomly turned up now in my recommended feed and after having seen 4-5 interviews with him im starting to become a fan. The brainwashing is legit unreal.

2021: "People are dying, why are you against Vax mandates"; 2023: "Russia invaded, why aren't you "standing with" Ukraine." Different years, some myopic, virtue signaling that disregard the bigger, pragmatic picture.

Russia was willing to negotiate from the very beginning but this was blocked by the UK and the US. Now there will be negotiation with Ukraine only on one subject - unconditional surrender of Zelensky regime.

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last” - Winston Churchill

Hungary is legally allowed to leave the EU according to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

No sane person could even theorize that the Ukraine could beat Russia in a war.

Hungarians can be proud of their Prime Minister. Also, his English is among the best of EU countries.

I wish Orban a Russian liberation. Many think Hungary should be kicked out of EU and NATO.

Mr. Orbán is a top statesman and a Hungarian patriot.

A visionary leader .

Orban is right to call for peace talks. It’s a complete stalemate. The longer this war goes on the worse it is for everybody.

Someone saying the truth from EU

What a joke Orban is. He's right about one thing: "Hungary is not part of the "mainstream" European Union". No. He's done his utmost to revert Hungary back to being a client state of Russia as there were post-WWII.

He is right 👍

Ruski bots have flooded this comment section

This kind of media can justify any crime.

Orban is wrong Ukraine is not trying to win a war against Russia, they simply wish Russia to leave, they are not interested in the diplomacy of Russia and its terror induced illegal Minsk agreements, we are also not interested in Hungary who are clearly the enemy within NATO. There will be no ceasefire until Russia leaves and Hungary should be supporting NATO not trying to undermine NATO.

i guess ukraine's failed summer offensive proved him right

Ukriane already lost war first week of the war. Now it's EU, USA vs RUSSIA

Putins little Puppet Orban has been saying Ukraine can't beat Russia from day 1 - But they are doing a very good job so far and as it stands Ukraine now has the upper hand over Russia 💙💛💙💛

*Hungary out of the EU and NATO!*

Putin neglected invasion the day before he invaded Ukraine. Try negotiating with such a man 😂!

Smartest politician in Europe Understands end game

Why is Hungary still part of NATO and the European Union?

at this moment only Hungary and Serbia have their own!!

Why on earth would Orban support the U.S.. the U.S has a tradition of abandoning their 'allies'.

No offence to V Orban, but.... would he have the same feelings ( political orientation ) if Hungary would be the one being INVADED , instead of Ukraine I think NOT.