Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Ukraine is a "financially non-existent country" and without the support of its partners, the war will end immediately; his words have already caused an approving reaction in Moscow.

 Orbán's statement is cited by the Hungarian editorial office of Radio Liberty and 24.hu.

 Orban complained that public opinion in Europe is not yet ready to force the leaders of the countries to reconsider the sanctions policy towards Russia, but "the time has come"; complained about allegedly more bad news from Ukraine regarding the situation of the Hungarian community, and also moved on to the fact that Europe is forced to finance many of Ukraine's needs.

 "Ukraine in the financial sense is a non-existent country, it cannot finance itself. The question is whether we keep Ukraine or not. As soon as we say no, the war will end," said Viktor Orban.

 He emphasized that Europe provides funds for Ukrainian pensions, wages, education and health care needs, therefore not providing these funds to its budgets, and this "cannot continue indefinitely."

 Orban's words have already been noted by the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmytro Medvedev.

 "Well done, boldly and accurately for a European politician. We can only add that as soon as Western funding ends, Ukraine itself will end," Medvedev responded.