Orban and Putin Discuss Hungarian POWs and Ukraine-Hungary Tensions

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war captured while fighting for Ukraine. Hungary has raised concerns over Kyiv's conscription of ethnic Hungarians, particularly from the Transcarpathia region, and has protested the drafting of individuals it considers should be exempt. The talks occur amid tensions between Budapest and Kyiv over minority rights and energy supplies, including disputes over the Druzhba pipeline and EU sanctions on Russia.