With the ballot approaching in April, long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán — trailing in most polls to his main political rival, Péter Magyar — hopes to use Thursday's show of force to reinvigorate his base that has had its confidence shaken by a series of political scandals and years of high prices and economic stagnation.

EADaily, October 20th, 2025. Talk about peace on Ukraine has nothing to do with the political interests of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. This was stated by Vladimir Zelensky during a conversation with journalists.

At least six people were killed overnight, shortly after the American president announced that he did not "want to have a waste of time" holding a summit with the Russian leader.