Hugging Seriously Stupid: President Zelensky Suggests Murdering A Friend Of President Trump- Prime Minister Viktor Orban Of Hungary. NOTE: Calling Does Not Require An Address
Hugging Seriously Stupid: President Zelensky Suggests Murdering A Friend Of President Trump- Prime Minister Viktor Orban Of Hungary
Sometimes, politically astute political leadership, heads of state and heads of government, can abuse stupid. Abusing the definition of stupid.
Yesterday, fifty-nine words from Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine (2019-2024; term extended due to imposition of martial law in 2022), managed to unite opposing political parties in in Hungary (EU, NATO). That was both a predictable outcome and a practical outcome.
“We hope that one person in the EU will not block the 90 billion euros- or at least the first tranche of it- so that Ukrainian soldiers receive the weapons they need. Otherwise, we will simply give the address of that person to our Armed Forces- our guys can call him and speak to him in their own language.” Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
President Zelensky and his communications team can effort to suggest he was only prescribing a WhatsApp or Microsoft Teams or Signal or Telegram conversation, rather than forecasting a murder.
President Zelensky mentioned “our guys can call him” while mentioning providing an address rather than a telephone number. That was not a mistake- that was deliberate.
If there is an attempt to murder Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary (1998-2022 and 2014- ), will President Zelensky claim credit? If Prime Minister Orban is murdered, will President Zelensky claim credit?
President Zelensky threatened the life of Prime Minister Orban, who is seeking a fifth four-year term. Parliamentary elections are scheduled for 12 April 2026. Hungary is a member of the twenty-seven country Brussels, Belgium-based European Union (EU) and a member of the thirty-two country Brussels, Belgium-based North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Link: 12/22/25-The Political Anomaly Between Ukrainian Railways And Hungarian Railways- When 13.6 Miles Demonstrate Zelensky And Orban Can Cooperate
Moving past the utter stupidity for a head of state of a country which aspires to EU membership and NATO membership to threaten the life of the prime minister of an EU member and NATO member, is the belief by President Zelensky that continued budgetary, commercial, economic, financial, military, political, and societal support from the taxpayers and voters in the EU and in NATO will not be impacted regardless of what he does and what he says.
“To be honest, I would not restore it [Druzhba] because this is Russian oil.Russians are killing us, and we have to give oil to [Hungarian PM] Orban, because he, poor thing, cannot win the elections without this oil.” Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
While some in EU leadership and NATO leadership have since 24 February 2022 rhetorically conveyed an aura of omnipotence to President Zelensky, there are limits.
He experienced those limits with EU leadership responding with a no to his demand for expedited EU membership for Ukraine. He experienced those limits with NATO leadership responding with a no to his demand for expedited membership in NATO. He experienced those limits with neither EU membership nor NATO membership agreeing to provide security guarantees- as he wants to define them.
Did President Zelensky consider (or have the capacity to consider) the impact upon the image of Ukraine- its citizens, companies, and government from threatening one of the twenty-seven voters who will decide if the government of Ukraine becomes a member of EU? The vote must be unanimous. Even if Prime Minister Orban is defeated, there are other EU members who will not support EU membership for Ukraine- particularly while President Zelensky remains in office.
President Zelensky has telegraphed how the government of Ukraine as a member of the EU with representation in the European Commission and European Council, and votes (based upon population) in the European Parliament would confront what it does not want- to threaten.
Yesterday, President Zelensky also escalated his belief in his own importance and disconnection from accountability and reality by threatening the life of a friend of Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017-2021 and 2025-2029). President Trump respects what President Zelensky has accomplished in terms of obtaining funding and military equipment, but President Trump does not like him.
Prime Minister Orban is a supporter of President Trump, has received President Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Hungary,” and supports the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.
President Zelensky, along with EU member governments and NATO member governments are doing everything they can to prevent the re-election of Prime Minister Orban.
If Prime Minister Orban is defeated, President Trump will blame President Zelensky, EU leadership, and NATO leadership.
“President Trump is deeply committed to your [Prime Minister Orban’s] success, because your success is our success.” Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State
The critical question for President Trump (and Secretary Rubio) is the validity of the converse. Is the failure of Prime Minister Orban a failure for President Trump (and Secretary Rubio)?
Kyiv Independent
Kyiv, Ukraine
5 March 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 5 he hopes the blocking of a 90 billion euro ($107 billion) European Union loan for Ukraine by "one person" will end, warning that otherwise he could give that individual's address to Ukraine's military.
Zelensky did not name the person, but the remarks appear aimed at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has blocked the loan amid a dispute over the suspension of the Druzhba pipeline.
Orban wrote on X prior that his country would "break" what he described as a Ukrainian oil blockade "by force." "There will be no deals, no compromise," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote.
The Ukrainian president didn't hold back. "We hope that one person in the EU will not block the 90 billion euros — or at least the first tranche of it — so that Ukrainian soldiers receive the weapons they need," Zelensky said.
"Otherwise, we will simply give the address of that person to our Armed Forces — our guys can call him and speak to him in their own language."
The standoff marks the latest escalation in tensions between Ukraine and Hungary, one of the EU's most Moscow-friendly governments, over disruptions to Russian oil transit.
The Druzhba pipeline, which supplies Russian crude to Hungary and Slovakia, has been offline since late January after a Russian strike damaged energy infrastructure in western Ukraine, according to Kyiv. Budapest and Bratislava accuse Ukraine of deliberately halting transit.
Hungary vetoed the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia on Feb. 23 and also blocked the loan. A source familiar with Hungary's position told the Kyiv Independent that Budapest intends to maintain its stance until oil deliveries through Druzhba resume.
During the same briefing, Zelensky said he does not support restoring the pipeline. "To be honest, I would not restore it. That is my position," he said, adding that he had communicated this view to European leaders and EU officials. "This is Russian oil."
The president argued that Ukraine should not prioritize supplying Russian crude while Russia continues its war. He added that technically the pipeline could be repaired within about six weeks.
Hungary and Slovakia, both landlocked countries, were the only EU members still receiving Russian crude via the pipeline's southern branch before the disruption. The route accounts for roughly 86–92% of Hungary's oil imports and nearly all of Slovakia's supply.
Orban's government has deepened energy ties with Moscow throughout the war while repeatedly obstructing EU sanctions on Russia or aid to Ukraine. Budapest and Bratislava have called for a joint inspection of the damaged pipeline with EU participation, a proposal Zelensky said he would consider if formally requested.
Analysts link Orban's confrontational rhetoric toward Ukraine to Hungary's upcoming parliamentary elections in April. The ruling Fidesz party trails the opposition Tisza party in polls.
Peter Magyar, leader of Tisza, responded to the dispute by urging Zelensky to "withdraw" his remarks.
"No foreign state leader can threaten anyone, not a single Hungarian," he said. "Neither the outgoing Orban government nor the future Tisza government, not a single Hungarian." Magyar called on the Ukrainian president to "clarify his words, and if he really said this, to withdraw them," and also to "report on the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline… If possible, open it as soon as possible, start it up."
The Tisza party has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and signaled plans to reduce Hungary's dependence on Russian energy, while opposing arms deliveries from Hungary to Kyiv and rejecting fast-tracking Ukraine's EU accession.
