Orbán Sends a Private Letter from Azerbaijan to EU Leaders: Content Revealed

The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, who has been conducting a so-called 'peacekeeping mission' in Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing since early July, has sent a private letter to EU leaders. The letter details his meetings with Ukrainian and Russian Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, presenting the Kremlin's stance on the war against Ukraine.

This was reported by Radio Free Europe, which noted that editors received the document from a European official who wished to remain anonymous. Dated July 5, the letter was sent from Azerbaijan, where the Hungarian Prime Minister visited after Moscow.

The document is addressed to European Council President Charles Michel and the leaders of EU member states. According to the letter, the Kremlin believes that 'the time is not on the side of Ukraine, but rather on the side of Russian forces.' According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, Putin estimates the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces at 40-50 thousand per month. However, he did not mention the number of Russian casualties.

'The President of the Russian Federation was surprised that the President of Ukraine rejected the idea of a temporary ceasefire,' Orbán wrote. At the same time, he stated that Moscow is ready to 'consider any ceasefire proposal that does not serve as a cover for the secret redistribution and regrouping of Ukrainian forces.'

Orbán mentioned that he discussed the so-called 'China-Brazil Peace Plan' (an overarching agreement on the political resolution of the Ukrainian crisis between China and Brazil) with Putin. According to the Prime Minister of Hungary, 'the Russian side is discussing this program.'

He believes that Europe should take the initiative to start peace processes against Russia's war on Ukraine. 'If we are unable to contain or stop this process (the war in Ukraine), then over the next two months we will witness more dramatic losses and military events on the front lines than ever before,' the letter states.