Security guarantees
Europe should take an approach on Ukraine “based on the European interest,” Orbán said, adding that he is “not interested” in whether Moscow is winning or losing.
Orbán said he is “interested in the future of the European people, among them, the future of the Hungarians,” and “a new security system.”
A postwar security arrangement for Ukraine should involve “a peace arrangement which stabilize[s] the borders, whether internationally recognized or not,” and “definitely a kind of demilitarized zone,” Orbán said.
Unless a “miracle” happens, Russia will continue occupying the eastern Ukrainian territory of Donetsk after the war, Orbán said. “This is the reality, whether you like it or not,” he stressed.
But he poured cold water on fears of an emboldened Russia attacking another European or NATO country. “I think it’s ridiculous to say that the Russians will attack the European Union or NATO, simply because they are not strong enough. We are far stronger,” he said.
