FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the spring session of the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungary's prime minister has urged the European Union to start direct discussions with Russia on a ceasefire in Ukraine and drop plans for a joint declaration at an extraordinary EU summit next week, saying differences in the bloc "cannot be bridged".
Under President Donald Trump, the United States has started talks with Russia on ending its war in Ukraine, but without Kyiv or the EU at the table. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed in a White House meeting on Friday.
