Russia Releases Two Ethnic Hungarian POWs to Hungary Amid Kyiv-Budapest Tensions

Hungary's foreign minister announced that Russia has released two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war, a move that has heightened tensions between Budapest and Kyiv. Hungary, home to around 150,000 ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine's Transcarpathia region, has protested Kyiv's conscription of ethnic Hungarians. Kyiv's prisoner exchange committee condemned Russia's transfer of the POWs to Hungary as a violation of international law. Hungary maintains close ties with Moscow and has opposed EU sanctions on Russia amid the ongoing conflict.