EU Leaders Criticize Orban's Meeting with Putin in Moscow

Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary and a right-wing nationalist, has been at the center of controversy after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv and then meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The visits have sparked anger across the European Union (EU) and in Ukraine. Orbán's trip to Moscow was seen as a significant development, as it marked the first time an EU leader had visited Russia since April 2022. During his meetings with Putin, Orbán reiterated that Moscow's peace proposals should be key to any negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. However, European Union officials have criticized the visit, describing it as "appeasement" of a man indicted by the International Criminal Court.