#p:TÁR

Dear brothers, dear neighbors — dear and beloved Ukrainian people! Of course, I cannot speak in the name of the entire Hungarian nation, nor is that my purpose; what is indeed among my purposes, however, is that the Russian occupiers should leave Ukraine, that you may all live in peace, and that Moscow should be held accountable and pay compensation to Ukraine.

Soon the news will reach you too: Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, has once again used his veto, explaining to his domestic supporters that – I quote – *“the Hungarian people decided in a referendum that we do not want to live together with the Ukrainians, in any kind of integration, neither in the European Union nor in NATO.”*

I know—it’s a bold claim. At first glance, the title might seem like cheap clickbait. But it isn’t. Whether we like it or not, Hungary—more precisely, its government—has entered the hybrid war Russia is waging against Europe.

The death of a Ukrainian-Hungarian citizen, József Sebestyén, is being used by the Hungarian government and its loyal media not only for domestic political gain, but also as part of a broader narrative aligned with Russian disinformation efforts. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, yet government propaganda quickly framed the incident as a brutal beating by Ukrainian soldiers—a