![A woman looks up at a Fidesz "Nemzeti Petíció" billboard in Hungary featuring a black-and-white image of Volodymyr Zelenskyy laughing, with the Hungarian text: "Ne hagyjuk, hogy Zelenszkij nevessen a vi[lágon]"—"Don't let Zelenskyy laugh at the [world]."](https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Anti-Zelensky-Poster-Hungary-1-380x280.jpg)
The fabricated crises in Transcarpathia that help win Hungarian elections—and block Ukraine’s path to Europe.
From a 2018 firebombing to 2026 troops, Budapest has run the same playbook against Ukraine's west—with Russian fingerprints at every turn.
