Putin promises to hand over two Ukrainian POWs with Hungarian citizenship

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has promised to release two Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen who hold Hungarian citizenship.

Source: Putin during a meeting with Hungary's Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Moscow, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Putin said the issue of the prisoners of war had been raised by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a phone call on Tuesday 3 March.

He said he had decided to release two people.

"I have taken the decision to release two people. You will be able to take them with you, as the prime minister asked, straight onto the plane you arrived on and will return to Budapest on," Putin told Szijjártó.

Background:

• Szijjártó said earlier that he would summon Ukraine's ambassador over what he called a "man hunt" for Hungarians for mobilisation.
• Szijjártó has also supported the illegal smuggling of Ukrainian men across the Hungary-Ukraine border, claiming that mobilisation in Ukraine is hindering the ending of the war started by Russia.

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