"Prisoner Exchange Dispute Strains Ukraine-Hungary Relations"

Hungary's "covert" handover of 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) to Russia has caused frustration and confusion among Ukrainian officials, who accuse Budapest of contravening international law and furthering Kremlin war aims. All of the POWs are said to be ethnic Hungarians, a minority of around 100,000 people in western Ukraine that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban frequently invoked to criticize Ukrainian policies. The European Union has urged the Hungarian side to explain what happened, how it happened, and who orchestrated the June 8 transfer.