PM: Hungary will not fund conflict in Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stated that Budapest will not participate in financing the conflict in Ukraine.

In a post on his X account, Orban noted that EU “bureaucrats” are pushing to resolve Ukraine’s funding at the upcoming EU summit, but Hungary will refuse to support prolonging the war, Caliber.Az reports.

“There will be no shortage of hubris today either. The bureaucrats are vowing that we will not be allowed to go home until Ukraine’s financing is resolved. In other words, the financing of the war. We Hungarians will not take part in this and will stay here [in Brussels] for as long as is necessary,” he emphasised.

Orban added that “a few sleepless nights are certainly better than war,” signalling a willingness to negotiate while refusing to finance the conflict.

Brusselian hubris at its peak. That is the most accurate way to describe what is happening in Brussels these days.

They managed to prepare yesterday’s EU-Western Balkans summit in such a way that the Serbian president did not even attend. No wonder. He has been strung along for… pic.twitter.com/FgJRd2EgB9

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) December 18, 2025

By Jeyhun Aghazada