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Orbán on Zelenskyy’s victory plan: More than frightening – POLITICO

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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called a Ukrainian plan to request weapons and security guarantees from the West “more than frightening.” 

The populist leader was reacting in a Facebook post to a “victory plan” outlined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday ahead of a European Council meeting that was to negotiate future European Union aid to Ukraine. 

“Today President Zelenskyy will present his plan for victory. What he outlined yesterday in the Ukrainian parliament was more than frightening,” Orbán wrote, adding that instead of sending more weapons to Ukraine, a cease-fire and peace negotiations were needed.