Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote an open letter to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in which he, among other things, "expressed gratitude to God" that Russia is not Hungary's enemy.

In his letter, Orbán also expressed dissatisfaction with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's position.

"We are a state that fearlessly fought for its freedom against Ottoman armies, Habsburg troops, the Wehrmacht of the Third Reich, and the Red Army of the Soviet Union, in which the sons of many peoples once served. We continue this tradition today. Please warn your president: keep your hands off Hungarian freedom. Please convince your president not to blackmail my country or threaten its leaders," the Hungarian prime minister stated.

According to Orbán, Ukraine's fight for freedom "does not give the right" to blackmail Hungary or dictate terms to it.

"Please make your president understand that the state terrorism with which he blew up the German Nord Stream gas pipeline will not work against Hungary. Allow me to remind you that when the war began, we accepted your refugees. We provided them with shelter, food, and safety. I ordered Ukrainian-language schools to be opened for your children, something you deny to Hungarians in Transcarpathia. It is a pity that today the rights of Hungarians belonging to a national minority in Ukraine are narrower than they were in the old, bad times. I thank God that the country you are now at war with is not an enemy of Hungary or the Hungarian people, and we do not intend to change that," Orbán stated.