Russia releases Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs to Budapest, drawing Kyiv's ire


FILE PHOTO: Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto attends a European Union Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BUDAPEST, March 5 (Reuters) - Two ethnic ⁠Hungarian prisoners of war who were released by Russia to Budapest ⁠arrived in the country early on Thursday, drawing condemnation from Kyiv ‌as "provocation" as the POWs were also dual citizens of Ukraine.

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto secured their release at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, a day after ​Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban held a phone ⁠call with the Russian leader over ⁠the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, and energy supplies for Hungary.

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