People walk on a snowy day in Uzhhorod which has a sizeable minority of ethnic Hungarians, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zakarpattia region, Ukraine November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
UZHHOROD, Ukraine (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he will block Kyiv's bid to start membership talks with the European Union, citing corruption and the denial of the rights of tens of thousands of his ethnic kin living in western Ukraine.
For some Hungarians in the mountainous region of Zakarpattia, his arguments ring hollow.
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