Peter Magyar, Hungarian opposition leader and Viktor Orbán’s rival, has arrived in Kyiv. Magyar paid tribute to fallen Ukrainian defenders at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
“In Kyiv, at the memorial wall for tens of thousands of Ukrainian war victims,” he wrote on Facebook.
Magyar’s visit follows his condemnation of Russia’s 8 July attack on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv. His Tisza party raised €38,000 and collected medical supplies for victims. This contrasts with Prime Minister Orbán’s recent “peace mission” to Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing – Orbán’s first Ukraine visit since the 2022 Russian invasion.
Magyar, whose party won 30% in a recent European Parliament election, criticized Orbán’s delayed Kyiv visit. While agreeing Hungary shouldn’t directly send arms to Ukraine, Magyar supports other countries’ right to do so.
A Russian missile strike on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital killed two adults and injured ten children. A young boy in critical condition during the attack later died after being transferred to another hospital in Kyiv for emergency treatment.
This attack was part of a larger assault claiming 44 lives across Ukraine, including 33 in Kyiv.
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