Hungarian soldiers in Ukraine call out “shameless” politicians

Two Hungarian university professor-turned-soldiers met each other at the front in Ukraine. Fegyir Sándor from Uzhhorod National University calls out politicians for turning Hungarians and Ukrainians against each other.

Fegyir Sándor believes that politicians are deliberately turning Hungarians and Ukrainians against each other. The university professor calls out this “shameless” behaviour in his latest post from the frontline, telex.hu reports.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many Hungarians living in Transcarpathia have fled to Hungary. Others, however, stayed in the country and even enrolled in the army to help to defend their motherland.

Fegyir Sándor and Viktor Troski are both university professors from Uzhhorod National University. Both of them have been interviewed by Hungarian media in the past. Now the two soldiers have met on the frontline for the first time.

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“The trips to the front led me to my colleague Viktor Troski, from the 128th Brigade – he, like me, is a teacher at the University of Uzhhorod. I am an infantryman and Viktor is an artilleryman. Like hundreds of other Transcarpathian Hungarians, he applied to the military recruiting office after 24 February 2022 to join the ranks of the National Defence Forces” – Sándor wrote on his Facebook page.

“We see shameless politicians doing everything they can to turn Hungarians and Ukrainians against each other. They artificially create scandals and conflicts.”

“But people are wiser than politicians, and in Hungary, people understand that the main threat to world peace is Russia’s aggression. Here at the front, we are constantly feeling the support of the Hungarian people – from Budapest, Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, Záhony, and other towns and villages. Because by defending Ukraine, we are defending the whole of Europe.”

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“We defend our country, our house, our family, we have no other choice” – said Viktor Troski previously to telex.hu to answer why Hungarians fight voluntarily in the war. He acknowledged that due to the rhetoric of the Hungarian government, which is strictly against supporting Ukraine with weaponry, Transcarpathian Hungarians do feel “more uncomfortable” in Ukraine.

Both Sándor and Troski plan to return to academic life after the war. “After our victory, we will meet again at the university. We won’t talk about the front news, but about educational plans and scientific conferences. Now we are fighting for this peaceful future” – says Sándor.

Source: telex.hu