Budapest needs to explain its role in the transfer of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russia, said the European Commission.
"We've heard that this situation was not coordinated with Ukraine. This should not have happened," Peter Stano, spokesperson for the EU's foreign policy branch, told reporters on Wednesday (21 June).
Eleven prisoners of war, reportedly from Ukraine's westernmost Zakarpattia Oblast, were sent from Russia to Hungary on 9 June.
"It's up to the Hungarian au...
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