Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said NATO membership for Ukraine is out of the question. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Szijjártó was asked where Hungary stands on security guarantees for Ukraine and a possible NATO membership.

NATO membership for Ukraine is becoming increasingly elusive. The previous U.S. administration silently opposed extending a NATO invitation to Ukraine. The current U.S. administration has made its opposition public.

When the former Soviet republics declared independence in the early 1990s, Ukraine became the owner of the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal.

Prime minister Viktor Orban has long criticised his counterpart Zelenskyy for dragging the EU into a confrontation with Russia

President Trump’s efforts to secure a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine are admirable. Equally important, however, is security assurances for Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposed Ukraine's bid to join NATO, and pledged to block its access to the European Uni

According to the Collective Defense Article 5 of the NATO treaty, when one signatory country comes under attack, all others enter for mutual defense. Since Ukraine is not currently a member of NATO, and other countries have not been willing or able to join with the Ukrainians directly with onsite military forces,

Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposed Ukraine’s bid to join NATO, and pledged to block its access to the European Union (EU) if it runs counter to Hungary’s interests. In his state-of-the-nation speech in Budapest,