President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary. He is Ukrainian volunteer Fedir Shandor from Zakarpattia, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing presidential decree №876. Fedir Shandor is a Ukrainian of Hungarian descent originally from the Zakarpattia region.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that Budapest is in talks with Russia and Ukraine on keeping open gas shipments via Ukraine even though its Russian gas imports now come via the Turkstream pipeline.

Even if Ukraine cuts off Russian gas supplies, we will still import it via the southern corridor with the help of Romania and Bulgaria, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a press conference on Saturday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent reported that Zelensky's announcement comes on the heels of Ukraine's parliament confirming on September 5 Andrii Sybiha as the new foreign minister after Dmytro Kuleba's resignation. It is all part of "a shift in Kyiv's diplomatic team amid the ongoing challenges posed by war," the outlet said.

Hungary is trying to leave Ukraine without weapons and funding, for which it is preventing the imposition of sanctions against the aggressor, the department emphasized. "We call on the Hungarian side to stop immoral manipulations on the topic of peace and ...

Mr Orban infuriated fellow EU leaders in July by visiting Moscow just days after taking over the bloc’s rotating six-month presidency. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Turkey and Hungary said they have received exemptions for gas payments to Russia after the United States imposed sanctions on Gazprombank, removing a major hurdle to the gas trade with Moscow.

Hungary, which maintains close ties with Moscow despite Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has consistently criticized EU sanctions against Russia and blocked initiatives to provide military aid to Kyiv.

More and more voices are heard, and in Russia, and among Russia's friends abroad — when will there be such a reaction of the military leadership of the Russian Federation so that the enemy really feels the anger of the Russians.

Hungary still hopes that Russia and Ukraine may agree on a ceasefire and a large-scale exchange of prisoners by Orthodox Christmas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, speaking on a Kossuth radio program.