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How Orbán’s Anti-Ukraine Crusade Fuels Hungary’s Election War Machine
10 October 2025
While Poland vehemently supports Ukraine’s bid to join NATO, Hungary is interested in Ukraine being a broad buffer zone between it and Russia. The Russian question has long been a political taboo in Hungarian-Polish relations.
Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day wasn’t celebrated in Poland this year because of the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. The presidential office of Andrzej Duda called off the planned visit to Warsaw by Hungarian President János Áder with reference to the war.
Even though Warsaw emphasised that they would make up for the cancelled friendly meeting at the first available opportunity, the cancellation of the event — not in itself a hugely significant one — was symbolic: the traditionally strong relations between the two Central European countries have been shaken.
Warsaw has consistently backed tough action against Russia. Poland has become the centre for the distribution of western military shipments and is itself assisting Ukraine with weapons. US President Joe Biden’s visit to Warsaw at the end of this week is a clear indication of the key role Poland is playing.
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