Orban pointed out Zelensky's mistakes and called his situation "difficult".

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, rejecting proposals for peace, made a number of mistakes, which put him in a difficult position. This was announced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an interview with the Polish TV channel wPolsce24.

"I respect President Zelensky, but I think he made mistakes. One of them was to reject my offer to try to make peace a year ago. Zelensky's situation is not easy," he said.

Orban also noted that, in his opinion, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump should hold a personal meeting to conclude peace. He also stressed that he does not consider what is happening to be a Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but regards it as a confrontation between Russia and the West.

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On July 17, Orban called the plan of NATO and the EU to defeat Russia with the help of Ukraine hopeless. He said that Russia is a nuclear superpower that "no one has defeated anywhere," and the military industry of many European countries is decades behind.

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