On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that reconnaissance drones had breached Ukrainian airspace, based on an initial military assessment indicating that they had flown from Hungary to survey the industrial capacity of areas along Ukraine’s western border.
A Hungarian government spokesperson did not immediately provide a response to the request for comment.
Hungary, a member of both the European Union and NATO, is an ally of Kyiv in the context of the ongoing conflict with Russia. However, the relationship between Kyiv and Budapest has often been tense.
"I have instructed that all available information be verified and that urgent reports be made on each recorded incident," Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post after meeting with Ukraine's top military leadership.
Following Russia's invasion in February 2022, many major Ukrainian industrial companies, particularly those from the east and south, relocated to the safer western regions of the country.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has expressed scepticism towards Western military aid for Ukraine and has cultivated closer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin than other NATO and EU member states.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed that Kyiv had imposed an entry ban on three high-ranking Hungarian military officials in response to Hungary’s earlier entry ban on Ukrainian military personnel.
Ukraine is home to around 150,000 ethnic Hungarians, mostly in the Transcarpathia region, which borders Hungary. The Hungarian government and Kyiv have frequently clashed over issues related to the community's language rights.
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