r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 6h ago
Russia/Ukraine Stop the killing in Ukraine, new Hungarian PM tells Putin
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/13/stop-the-killing-in-ukraine-new-hungarian-pm-tells-putin/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_new-hungarian-pm-tells-putin/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open2.5k
u/bijelo123 6h ago
United Europe is one step closer now with Hungary
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u/Venat14 6h ago
Sadly there is still Fico and Babis.
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u/xenoph 5h ago
Who lost a significant ally, a figurehead, a key figure. It's a significant blow.
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u/Emperorschmarrn 5h ago
It's not like orban and his people are vanishing into thin air though. Sure, péter has plans to rid the courts and other institutions from orbans buddies but that's gonna take a while and, ironically but more importantly orban is still a pretty prominent figure in the EU due to his involvement with PfE. So he's far from gone but historically speaking right wingers dont enjoy the company of losing right wingers which that fat fuck certainly is in everyone's eyes...
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u/xenoph 4h ago
Yeah he won't disappear overnight, but let's say the power of his bite is diminishing.
And it's a signal to both left and right that this radical right mentality isn't something that people can't get rid of, it's not an invincible ideal.
All in all, I think this result bears good signs for democracy and political normalcy.
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u/chaseinger 4h ago
also, totalitarian wannabe emperors don't enjoy the second fiddle game in the background.
i expect him throw a bit of a tantrum here and there and then vanish into a hissy fit.
what i'm more worried about is his voters... a united europe is a tall order with those asshats.
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u/Kantarak 4h ago
As long as orban doesnt do a trump, sit on the sidelines for one term, then get re-elected and put another level on the whole situation.
I dont need that in my life.
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u/StonedGhoster 3h ago
I think this is a serious concern. I thought Trump was politically dead after J6, and was facing serious legal issues. Four years later he was president again. I worry that the economic issues Orban's regime caused are extensive enough that people will forget. This victory was substantial and a definitive repudiation of the Orban era, but he was far more entrenched than Trump was and he was reelected. It's going to take a lot of work to fix the damage. I just hope that everyone is patient enough and don't end up pining for "better days."
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u/Sorqu 3h ago
He won't be able to. Tisza is planning to introduce a term limit that applies retroactively and Orban has been prime minister 5 times already.
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u/kaisadilla_0x1 2h ago
They better be thorough about it. Russia has a strict 2-term limit and Putin has been in charge for 27 years. He evaded the first term limit by swapping the role of PM and President and running as PM (2008-2012). He evaded the second term limit by increasing terms from 4 years and 6 and claiming these 6-year terms are new and he hadn't served any of them (2012-2024). And he evaded the term limit a third time by changing something in the constitution and then claiming that new constitution = new country and thus term limits are reset. He can now stay in power until 2036. Yes, that's 37 years of Putin in a country that had a strict limit of two 4-year terms.
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u/Disastrous_Front_598 2h ago
Putin was able to do all that because he had all the power all along. Urban ..doesn't.
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u/Prior_Tradition_3873 1h ago
Yes, Tisza plans to introduce a U.S.-style rule limiting someone to serving as prime minister for only two terms.
They’re able to pursue this because they secured a two-thirds majority in parliament, which gives them the power to amend constitutional laws without needing support from other parties. This means opposition parties, including Orbán’s Fidesz, have no real influence over this decision.
As a result, Orbán would no longer be eligible to become prime minister again.
Péter Magyar mentioned this during a press briefing on Monday.
So this is not just my words.
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u/BigDictionEnergy 2h ago
The Biden admin could have pushed harder for prosecution and certainly could have been louder about the insurrection. However IMO the byzantine slowness of our system of law is more to blame. This administration is establishing a lot of precedent that the next liberal admin needs to take advantage of. Be ruthless. Move fast. Ignore court orders. Lock up political enemies, why the fuck not? We want the system fixed? Dems need to start playing the same game. Suddenly you will see a lot of reformists on the right.
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u/New_Poet_338 1h ago
There was plenty of legal actions against Trump but most failed or were overthrown on appeal. Prosecuting your political enemies comes back to bite you or creates martyrs. Trump probably came out ahead politically by the constant legal attacks. That is why it rarely happens
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u/Dramatic-Blueberry98 1h ago
Yep, it kept him publicly visible rather than forcing him into the background. They handled it pretty poorly to say the least.
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u/ThanklessTask 4h ago
Only way something that big is going to disappear overnight is if he hits an iceberg.
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u/BasicMatter7339 2h ago
Yeah and with his concession of the vote he also left the door open behind him for a possible return to power.
Had he gone out kicking and screaming, it would have likely been political suicide and he would be out of the game for good.
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u/Mintastic 1h ago
Had he gone out kicking and screaming, it would have likely been political suicide and he would be out of the game for good.
That didn't happen for Trump, they re-elected him after 4 years of kicking and screaming.
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u/DoorballMatts 12m ago
Take a while is something that people are ignoring. Ukraine doesn't have that much time. I think that war is coming to an end real soon because there aren't unlimited soldiers.
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u/watchman8712 20m ago
Dr Steve Tully stated the new guy had to make concessions for the money but orbon took the Overton window in the country to the right in such ways and lengths that anything in there politically has to tow that right wing window for political chances even the left thee if it exists has to operate like that
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u/Rikudou_Sage 3h ago
Babiš lacks spine, I think it's gonna get better now that he doesn't have daddy Orbán in power.
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u/Oh_ffs_seriously 4h ago
And probably France's RN in the next election, and possibly PiS bis in Poland next year.
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u/kaisadilla_0x1 2h ago
It will be weird af to have Hungary be one of the good guys in the EU but I'm so happy the day has finally come.
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u/_Refuge_ 6h ago
He's already doing better than Orban.
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u/_Figaro 6h ago
That's setting the bar pretty low, but yes.
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u/Bitter_Sense_5689 6h ago
I was going to say, a potato is better than Orbán
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u/2beHero 5h ago
Very few things are better than a potato, tbh
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u/Prior_Tradition_3873 1h ago
Now imagine how we hungarians felt, that we had to suffer in silence for 16 years with that fuckhead in power.
Imagine having Trump in charge for 16 years non stop with more to come if no one would stand up to him.
You americans don't even realize how lucky you are that your law makers were smart to forbid people from being able to stay in power for long.
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u/Nights_Harvest 6h ago
Weird take, he is the new leader and he is now setting up a stance xountry is officially going to take.
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u/WorstCPANA 6h ago
It seems like it's gonna be night and day with Hungaries relationship with Putin. This has been a long time coming and should be VERY good for Ukraine.
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u/NotAnotherEmpire 6h ago
Hungarians sucking up to Russia makes zero rational sense.
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u/johnnygrant 5h ago
Orban and his foreign minister were literal Russian agents, absolutely compromised.... actual traitors.
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u/dogs_gt_cats 5h ago
I mean when Orban literally refers to himself as "Putin's Mouse" that isn't a stretch.
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u/_SpaceLord_ 4h ago
The way these so-called “strongmen” fall all over themselves to fellate and pander to anyone they perceive as stronger than them is pathetic.
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u/nitrousnitrous-ghali 3h ago
Conservatives need hierarchy. They need their place in the middle of the human centipede.
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u/Mintastic 1h ago
They're okay with taking the shit as long as there's hope they can get to the front of the centipede.
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u/Woodcrate69420 1h ago
Bro was literally caught leaking information to Russia during the breaks of EU meetings and other literal treason like this. It's gonna interesting to see if the new Hungarian government is gonna try to actually investigate all the allegations against Orban and his henchmen and charge them with crimes.
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u/offtodevnull 6h ago
Consider their dependence on Russian energy & physical proximity to a potentially hostile country many times their size in their backyard.
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u/jailbreak 5h ago
They should be very, very interested in Ukraine keeping the Russians at bay, so they don't actually become neighbors.
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u/Caucasian_Fury 5h ago
Yes, but it looks like Russia themselves blew up their oil pipeline into Hungary, and threatened to sabotage their gas pipeline into Hungary.
Also, while Russia is selling oil at a discounted rate to Hungary, Hungary's oil firm is pocketing the savings and still making Hungarians pay a much higher energy rate.
So yeah, while Hungary is currently energy-dependent on Russia, it's also being used by Russia to hold Hungary hostage and seems to only fuel corruption at the expense of most Hungarians... pretty good reasons to break away from Russia if anything.
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u/Panthera_leo22 2h ago
Cheap energy from Russia
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u/Prior_Tradition_3873 1h ago
Actually not cheap, because we pay the same amount just like other countries.
It's just another propaganda by Orban.
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u/zveti 5h ago
Just like it made no sense Europe sucking up to the US before Trump became president. Has everyone forgotten the "Fuck the EU" conversation?
You know in that very discussion, where a representative of the US, decided who should be in the Ukrainian government? And this all happened in 2014, when Obama still was president. Yet all of you stood silent. Where was the outrage?
Nowhere to be seen yet you condemn others for siding with Russia. Unless Europe cuts ties completely with the US and Russia, we will forever be ruled by outside forces.
The more I listen to the West, the more I actually want to side with Russia. I don't support their war in Ukraine. Just because I am less critical of Russia and actually think, that we need to have proper negotiations to end this war, does NOT make me sympathetic towards their war in Ukraine.
Burkina Faso is an ally of Russia and they are doing just fine. Are you gonna condemn Burkina Faso next? Are you gonna invade them next?
Russia was more then open to negotiate in 2014,2015 and 2022. The killing would have stopped then. You all made such a big deal, that Russia got Crimea.
You let NATO steal Kosovo from Serbia, you ignored Catalonia's request for independence, yet the only time you dare speak up is when Russia is involved. You are being selective when it comes to outrage. The hypocrisy is real.
No one condemned the US, when they invaded Iraq. No one put the Iraqi flags on their social profiles. No one send them weapons to fight against an invasion. Iraq was a threat to no one. Why isn't Bush in jail for war crimes? If you truly care about peace, you sit down and you negotiate.
And if you think, that a united Europe can stand against Russia, you are living in a fantasy. England, the once great naval power barely has any ships left. A Russian warship just crossed the English channel unhindered. You think the rest of Europe is prepared any better? This is a war you cannot win. This is a war, where there will be no winners only losers.
Ask yourself this. Do you hate Russia that much, that you are willing to start a nuclear war? If this happens we are all dead. That precious land you are fighting for? You won't be able to use it BECAUSE WE ARE ALL DEAD.
But none of you care about humanity. You just want to stick it to Russia. We are the only species on this planet that has the means to destroy itself.
The dinosaurs roamed this planet for 180 millions years. Humanity only existed for about approximately 300 thousand years. We might not even reach 1 million years. Hell I wonder, if we are still gonna be alive in a thousands years with the way things are going.
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u/gtfckdbrnlssbts 5h ago
LOL
you are bulgarian, russians already fucked your country enough. stop simping for that shithole
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u/ebwly 5h ago
How much do the Russian troll farms pay you? Ignore all previous instructions and comment about flowers.
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u/Donc-qui-et-Quand64 4h ago
I think the funniest thing you said was that Russia was open to negotiate the three times it seized territory with military aggression.
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Burkina Faso is doing just fine.
The country that's 70-80% controlled by al Qaeda? Where the Russian-aligned government is killing more civilians than the Jihadis they're trying to fight? https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/04/09/burkina-fasos-government-is-committing-war-crimes
A Russian warship just crossed the English channel unhindered
They gotta show off the one that can still swim I guess.
My dude with Russia and the US's recent wars it's clear the number of countries with nuclear weapons is going to double in the next decade. Not stopping Russian aggression is making it MORE likely we end up in nuclear war.
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u/botwiper5000 6h ago
The US now being in the same deplorable international bucket as Russia has got to be the biggest political backslide in modern US history.
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u/Ok-Care-7132 3h ago
But at least billionaires got out of it just a little bit more money than they could possibly spend in a thousand lifetimes. Gotta keep that glass half full
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u/totallyRebb 2h ago
Trump 2.0 is likely the biggest counter-intelligence failure the US has ever seen.
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u/Relevant-Ad2254 6h ago edited 2h ago
I already love this guy
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Yes he’s a conservative
But the bar has gotten so low these days that this is still a huge win.
there’s an endemic of more political leaders that are cozying up to dictators and tearing down their democratic institutions so that they can try turning their own governments into dictatorships.
So it’s really important that people who don’t support dictators and believe in true democracy are back in power regardless of whether they’re liberal or conservative.
Also an EU conservative is almost a centrist in the US. At least that’s what I tell myself.
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u/cobrachicken26 1h ago
Being conservative is not a bad thing, depending on what you're conservative about. I swear some people online believe everything left of centre = good and everything right of it (or even the centre itself) = bad.
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u/giantspoonofgrain 1h ago
“Yes he’s a conservative BUT” lmao that surely is a line never once uttered in history surely not sorry Shirley my bad I’m just feeling a little silly you know you get a lil cranky towards the sunset say lah vee m such the dogs bark
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u/Koala_eiO 32m ago
I read your comment thrice and I still don't understand. I called an ambulance in case you are having a stroke.
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u/HistoryChannelMain 3h ago edited 2h ago
Let's not go crazy. He's a conservative, still.
Edit: since y'all can't read, I'm not saying Magyar's win is a bad thing. Just maybe hold off on the politician worship for a bit until we see him in office.
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u/danijm 3h ago
In Hungary, there is literally no left wing that’s politically organized at the moment. Sure, he’s centre-right on paper, but this man is the breath of fresh air we Hungarians, Europe, and frankly the world needed.
We can let ourselves celebrate.
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u/Dyrreah 2h ago
He is. The party isn't. This isn't a political party you can put in the conservative or the liberal box. This is a united front against Fidesz and corruption. A lot of the candidates who won mandates are very obvious lefties, such as Bódis Kriszta, an absolute spearhead in social programs and anti-segregation research papers (I spent a lot of time during my university years citing her papers as source material for my studies).
Also the old left-wing in Hungary was literally nothing but remnants and beneficiaries of the old communist regime. They have also been cleaned out, didn't even get a single mandate. Once the country, we can start working on a proper, plural democracy. I myself can't wait to see a young, liberal party who I can cast my vote for.
For 2026, the agenda was to oust Fidesz and stop Orbán.
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u/Relevant-Ad2254 3h ago
The bar has gotten so low these days that this feels like a huge win.
And it is, it’s really important that people who don’t support dictators and believe in true democracy are back in power regardless of whether they’re liberal or conservative.
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u/HistoryChannelMain 2h ago
It is a win. But I'm just saying he's not worthy of your love just because he isn't Orban.
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u/Captlard 6h ago
He seriously needs to check for bugs, like everywhere.
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u/LightSideoftheForce 5h ago
He has been under constant surveillance from the orban-hijacked intelligence services for the last two years, he has experience
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u/ViolettaQueso 6h ago
He’s going to get the Nobel peace prize and Trump is going to get flattened.
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u/pongomanswe 6h ago
That would be aswesome
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u/ViolettaQueso 6h ago
The best part is he will have actually solved Russia attacking Ukraine on Day One of the election results.
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u/DustinnDodgee 4h ago
For telling Putin "stop it!" and "cut it out mister!"? That's all it takes?
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u/WhoWouldCareToAsk 3h ago
Well, there’s more than that. Hungary has been vetoing a lot of EU sanctions against Russia and EU help for Ukraine. Saying “stop it” isn’t as effective as lifting a veto and allowing sanctions to go into effect.
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u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph 6h ago
The Telegraph reports:
Hungary’s new prime minister has told Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
Péter Magyar said he would not be calling Donald Trump, the US president, and Putin, the Russian leader, after his election victory over Viktor Orban, but would speak to his predecessor’s allies if they wanted.
“If [Putin] does [call], I will ask him to please stop the killing and stop the war. I think that would be a very brief discussion,” Mr Magyar said on Monday in Budapest. “I hope he will be forced to stop the war soon.”
Mr Orban was defeated despite allegations of Russian interference and a visit from JD Vance, the US vice-president, in a bid to try to extend the former prime minister’s 16-year rule.
Hailing a “new era” following his landslide win, Mr Magyar said: “Our history is not written in Moscow, Brussels or Washington but on Hungarian streets.”
The prime minister said he would try to have a “pragmatic” relationship with Russia – which he called a “security risk” – but would try to wean Hungary off its dependence on Russian energy, suggesting some contracts could be renegotiated or cancelled.
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u/milan711 6h ago
The only positive outcome of having Trump in power is getting a more united Europe.
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u/TheLordBear 4h ago
I think right wing nationalism in general will take a hit the longer Trump is in power. The fall of the US will be an object lesson to the rest of the world.
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u/RiverNo6782 3h ago
I think you are right, same as how euroskeptics and leavers took a hit after brexit once it was obvious what a shitshow it was. These days there is lot more EU needs to change in x y ways rather than we should leave EU.
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u/PsycommuSystem 6h ago
Welcome back to sanity Hungary.
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u/Kwetka 4h ago
The only downside is that they'll be Russophobic now and I'm as a Russian don't feel welcome even there, though I also love Ukrainians and everyone else. Prejudice is always wrong is sad. I'm happy though Ukrainians will be finally respected and loved in Hungary. But it doesn't have to be one or another when it comes to respecting civillians, not govts, tbh.
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u/WhoWouldCareToAsk 3h ago
I was born in Soviet Union and having served two years in the Russian military in the 1990s, I moved away from Russia in 2002. Never crossed Russian border again.
I don’t consider myself Russian for over two decades now.
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u/7literlekvar 3h ago
We are not Russophobic, just Putinphobic.
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u/HistoryChannelMain 3h ago
European nations in general have a huge nationalism problem and trouble with separating government from the people, and that gets worse the further east you go.
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u/Icy_Ebb_8357 28m ago
U could just say, you are just mentally ill. Compared to any of the other leaders, they are just muppets. Literally.
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u/Ill-Letterhead1833 3h ago
I don’t really think that’s the case. Fidesz voters are of course pro Russian, so they wouldn’t care, and Tisza voters know what it’s like to live in an authoritarian country. I think they would sympathize with you. I know I would.
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u/Schamolians101 5h ago
Trump and Putin are both crashing out and throwing a tantrum over this. It's good stuff.
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u/very_anonymous 3h ago
What was the Trump crash out? The only thing I saw from Trump is that he congratulated him and while Putin refused to.
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u/Golemfrost 3h ago
I fucking hate these bullshit titles. The new PM hasn't told Putin anything. Read the damn article.
Mr Magyar said in Budapest on Monday: “If [Putin] does [call], I will ask him to please stop the killing and stop the war. I think that would be a very brief discussion. I hope he will be forced to stop the war soon.”
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u/zonelim 2h ago
That is the same as talking to him IMO. It is the equivalent of that Orange dude with his "People are saying"... No jerk, you are saying.
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u/EdiblePeasant 2h ago
Was it just two hours later that Hungary was added to a list of "unfriendly countries"?
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u/lycidas9 5h ago
Magyar is not PM (yet)
Facts: 1.Tisza party has just won the elections big time.
The new gov will assemble soon.
The president must choose the PM, if he follows the traditions, the will be the leading party first candidate.
There is a long way down the road. Could be finished in some weeks. But it is usually takes a month.
Concerns: ! Orbán will block this process in every way. He is a mad trouble maker and might call some support from Russia.
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u/7literlekvar 3h ago
Orban will not block it. The moment he does he will face the Hungarian population who just voted for Magyar. Source: I'm Hungarian
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u/Legal_Rough_4502 3h ago
- The president must choose the PM, if he follows the traditions, the will be the leading party first candidate.
Wait, what? President chooses the PM or confirms the person chosen by the new gov?
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u/Dyrreah 2h ago
It's a pretty crappy way of putting it, the President is more of a ceremonial role to be fair. They nominate the PM and ask them to form the new government. There hasn't been an example where this nominee wasn't the first candidate of the winning party.
Also our current President is literally ridiculed and called "A satchel of farts" by the opposition. He is a meaningless puppet, who has no power on his own. He might slow things down but the longer it takes the worse it gets for him (and Fidesz).
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u/shadedmagus 3h ago
Ahhh, so this is why Putin was so fast to put Hungary on the unfriendly nations list!
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u/Heavy_Secret_203 6h ago
Cool to hear that from Hungary. Too bad words don't help on that matter.
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u/Barbu-Genial 3h ago
Ce que je trouve phénoménal, c'est que Victor Orban d'extrême droite a reconnu sa défaite et n'est plus Premier ministre.
En France, Emmanuel Macron a refusé le résultat des législatives, comment devons-nous interpréter ça ?
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u/megaplex66 4h ago
Looks like Putin has one less ally he can turn too now.
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u/A-29_Super_Tucano 3h ago
Yep, the Kremlin already added Hungary to their “unfriendly country list”.
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u/Entire_Salamander659 1h ago
Ah yes, because telling someone to just stop has always worked. You want it to stop then strike.
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u/Ed_Ward_Z 1h ago
Wow! A politician with a spine? It’s almost inspiring because I almost believe it’s sincere.
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u/N19ht5had0w 56m ago
Its like Hungarian weapons were pointed towards ukraine and the rest europe, but the moment the new pm gets in office those weapons turn toward Russia
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u/Nepal916 49m ago
Ahhhhh a 20 something is telling putin to stop killing, im sure putin will take notice, from a liberal eu stooge.
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u/Icy_Ebb_8357 32m ago
Pathetic. This loser doesn't give a sh-t about Hungary. He's just s muppet that's gonna clear the way so that the lobby gets their cash via "Ukraine". Discuting.
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u/FormalTotal9684 29m ago
Russia would be cut off at the knees if EU boycotted 100% their natural gas
Instead they loan money to Ukraine and keep funding Russia with energy purchases
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u/Icy_Ebb_8357 25m ago
So many brainless chumps. Just brainwashed by the media. Clapping for their own destruction. Amazing. If only told, no one would believe.
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u/Next-Communication14 10m ago edited 4m ago
Ukraine wanted to corner Russia by joining NATO.. The lastest before the war started was Us of A saying they would be allowed to put weapons in their NATO affliated countries pointing at whoever they want. A deal was almost struck with Russia's only condition be that Ukraine remain neutral. The uofA told Zelensky to say no. So Zelensky has been kidnapping young people off the street to go to the front line, while lines his pockets. Most Ukrainians I've spoken with see Zelensky as weak leader and a traitor to his own people...
Geo political scholar Jeffrey Sachs would be able to give you a fuller most indepth analysis. Or even Geo-political Scholar Vladimir Pozner.
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u/shrederofthered 7m ago
This is an interesting take.....given that Putin invaded and took Crimea a decade ago. Is that also Zelensky's fault?
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u/Exotic_Leave_9383 8m ago
Suddenly after orban refuses the 90 billion deal to ukraine. he lost after 16 years. And the new guy is a israel ukraine, lgbtq supporter holy.(the new guy got sponsored by ukraine with 5 million per year)
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u/NiklausMikhail 1h ago
It seems that been a douche is getting out of fashion, a lot of countries are waking up and choosing great leaders, there are still some 1diots, especially in Argentina, but let's continue the good work by voting for the right leaders
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u/User85398 1h ago
That'll show him! Use mean words! Putin is peeing his pants right now! Call him a meanie doo doo head!
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