Orbán: Two most dangerous months of war in Ukraine lie ahead

The prime minister said Donald Trump’s impending presidency had made the prospect of peace, or at least a ceasefire, tangible.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday that the two most dangerous months of the war in Ukraine lie ahead, noting that he has convened the country’s Defense Council in light of “alarming news”.

“The threat of escalation and the expansion of the war is greater than ever,” PM Orbán said in a video posted on his social media page after being briefed at a meeting of the Defense Council.

He said Donald Trump’s impending presidency had made the prospect of peace, or at least a ceasefire, tangible. But a pro-war US administration was “still in power” and would remain so for the next two months, he added.

“In practice, this means that Ukrainians fired long-range missiles into Russian territory on Tuesday, and Russia responded by adopting a stricter nuclear doctrine,” PM Orbán said.

The prime minister said that in the next few weeks and months, Hungary must draw on “all its knowledge and diplomatic experience” in order to “stay out of this war”.