Ukraine war: Hungary's PM Viktor Orban meets Putin in Moscow

Viktor Orban's self-styled "peace mission" was heavily criticised by EU leaders and by Ukraine.

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Friday's meeting was part of what Mr Orban called a "peace mission", coming three days after a visit to Kyiv where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Hungary has just taken over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, but EU leaders have stressed that Mr Orban is not acting on behalf of the bloc.

Mr Orban is the EU's only head of government to have kept close ties to the Kremlin following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

After the meeting, which lasted several hours, Hungary's PM said Russia and Ukraine were still "far apart" in their views on achieving peace.

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