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Zelensky Expresses Anger at Orbán Over EU Aid Block

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, accusing him of blocking EU financial aid. He also reported a possible delay of trilateral negotiations with Russia and the US due to the Middle East situation. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange.


Zelensky Expresses Anger at Orbán Over EU Aid Block

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, once again expressed his anger with the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, international media reported. Zelensky even went so far as to say he will suggest his home as a target for the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to Orbán's refusal to approve the new financial aid the European Union plans to provide to the Kyiv regime. "We hope that one person in the European Union will not block the 90 billion and that Ukrainian soldiers will have weapons. Otherwise, we will give the address of that person to our Armed Forces, our boys, so that they call him and speak with him in his language," Zelensky declared this Thursday. "And I even want to thank Viktor—you know who I'm referring to—because, in his own way, he pushes all of us in Europe to be better. Better, if only so that we never become him: a man who seems to have forgotten the meaning of the word shame," he stated on February 15 during his speech at the Munich Security Conference. Zelensky and Orbán even argued in Argentina, when they coincided at the inauguration of President Javier Milei in December 2023, as reported by the Noticias Argentinas agency. Trilateral Negotiations Meanwhile, Ukraine discussed with the United States the possibility of postponing the next trilateral meeting with Russia and changing its venue due to the situation in the Middle East, Zelensky stated. The next trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia was scheduled for March 5-9, according to a post by Zelensky on the social network X. Zelensky expressed his hope that the exchange of prisoners of war agreed upon in previous meetings will be confirmed in the coming days. The next trilateral meeting was planned for early March in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Ukrinform reported. Prisoner Exchange Regarding the prisoners, Russia and Ukraine will each free 500 between this Thursday and Friday, while the first 200 from each side were already being exchanged, according to Russia's Ministry of Defense. The Ministry indicated that the Russian military who have returned are currently in Belarus, where they are receiving psychological and medical assistance. Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that a "300 for 300" exchange is scheduled for Friday. Russian presidential advisor Vladimir Medinsky indicated that the prisoner exchange on Thursday and Friday is being carried out as part of the agreements reached in Geneva, Switzerland. The two-day negotiations, held in Geneva on February 17 and 18, constituted the third round of trilateral talks this year between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.