PM Orban: We Will Not Fund Ukraine, Our Money Is Better Spent on Hungarian Families

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered a blunt message to Ukraine’s leadership amid what he described as growing attacks on Hungary. “Neither the president, nor the foreign minister, nor threats from extremist military groups will deter us from standing up for Hungarian interests,” PM Orban said.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, leader of Fidesz, speaking at an anti-war rally organized by the Digital Civic Circles (DPK) at the Kaposvar Arena on January 24, 2026.On the left: Mayor Karoly Szita (Fidesz–KDNP). (Photo: MTI / Prime Minister’s Communications Office / Zoltan Fischer)

PM Orban reiterated that Hungary will not send money to Ukraine, arguing that those funds are better spent on Hungarian families “than in the bathroom of a Ukrainian oligarch.”

We will not allow Russian oil and gas imports to be banned, because without them there would be no utility cost reductions and no affordable energy for Hungarian families. Nor will we allow Ukraine to be fast-tracked into the European Union in two years' time, in violation of EU law, because that would also mean importing war,

the prime minister said.

As long as Hungary has a national-minded government, these decisions will not be made in Kyiv or in Brussels,” Orban added. “They know this in Ukraine as well. That is why they want a new, Ukraine-friendly government in Budapest, and why they are threatening us at every turn,

PM Orban noted.

“The answer can be found in Petofi,” the prime minister concluded, referring to Hungary’s national poet and a symbol of national resistance.