Zelenskiy accuses Viktor Orbán of betraying Europe at leaders’ meeting in UK

Starmer told Zelenskiy at the summit: ‘Have no doubt, we will stand with you for as long as it takes.’ Photograph: Kin Cheung/Reuters

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has taken aim at the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, accusing him of betraying fellow European leaders after Orbán’s recent “peace mission” to Moscow.

The Ukrainian president kicked off the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace on Thursday with an emotional speech in which he made veiled but repeated references to Orbán’s recent attempts to get close to Moscow.