Hungary will not be involved in the United States initiative to purchase US weapons for Ukraine, even if such a proposal is officially supported by the European Union. This was stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto during a press conference, reports "Public".
According to the Foreign Minister, Budapest plans to either finance military assistance or send weapons or soldiers.
At the same time, the diplomat was supported by the former US President Donald Trump's peaceful initiatives. He noted that the supply of weapons did not contradict the course to end the war. In addition, the Minister called the encouraging news recent negotiations between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary Marco Rubio, who took place in Kuala Lumpur. In April 2025, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the intention of Kiev to buy 10 Patriot Air Defense Systems in the United States worth $ 15 billion. Financing is partially planned with the participation of European partners. This month, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his hope that the United States would approve the sale of Patriot systems to Ukraine through the Procurement Mechanism of EU Member States.
However, the European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrews Kubilus recalled that the European Commission has no authority to purchase weapons in the United States. Such decisions can only be made by individual EU countries on their own initiative.
