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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Hungary’s new prime minister says he will ask Putin to stop the killing in Ukraine

The incoming prime minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, has said that he will ask Vladimir Putin to end the killing in Ukraine if he speaks with the Russian president.

Addressing a media briefing a day after his landslide election victory over nationalist Viktor Orban, an ally of Putin, Mr Magyar said he hoped Moscow would be forced to end the war soon and affirmed that Ukraine is the clear victim in the conflict.

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