Zelenskiy Slams Budapest as Putin Summit Venue But Says He Would Go

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Budapest wasn’t the best place for talks to end the war in Ukraine because of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Russia-friendly stance, but he’d still come if invited.

“I do not believe that a prime minister who blocks Ukraine everywhere can do anything positive for Ukrainians or even provide a balanced contribution,” Zelenskiy said of Orban, who has repeatedly sought to stall European Union sanctions on Russia and traveled to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin.