Orban explains why the war will not end anytime soon

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine should not be expected to end any time soon, Tichys Einblich has said.

In his opinion, Putin will go to the presidential election and must have a victory over Ukraine in his arsenal, otherwise he will not win.

After all, a presidential election is approaching and those who lost the war will not win the election, even a rigged one," Orban said.

Orban justifies the Russians' losses and defeats in the war by the corruption and sloppiness in the Russian command, but is confident that they can find the strength to mobilise and attack.

Speaking about Russia's goal in the war, Orban believes that it is not about the complete conquest of Ukraine (as this would cause population resistance and "guerrilla warfare"), but about creating a buffer zone approximately along the line of contact in Donbas.

Orban also criticises the US and the EU for not having a clear strategy regarding the war, "apart from reinforcing justified resistance to Ukraine", adding that by this logic NATO would have to send its own troops to Ukraine if "sooner or later men will run out there".