Orban called on the EU for a new strategy on Ukraine due to non-working sanctions

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expressed doubts that Russian-Ukrainian peace talks were possible and consideredthat the conflict can only be resolved through a dialogue between Moscow and Washington Viktor Orban

The European Union needs a new strategy for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, since sanctions against RUSSIA do not work, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said during a speech in Romania, REUTERS reports.

“A new strategy is needed, which should focus on peace negotiations and developing a good peace proposal <…> instead of winning the war,” he said.

The Western military strategy, according to Orban, was based on four pillars:

www. Ukraine will be able to win with NATO weapons. Sanctions will weaken Russia. Europe will avoid the economic consequences of the sanctions. All countries will line up in support of Ukraine.

The strategy proved to be unworkable, and, according to him, if "all four wheels of the car are flat, then they need to be changed." In the situation in Ukraine, the main thing is not victory, but the establishment of peace, and we must not support Ukraine, but stand between Russia and Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister said, the Nepszava newspaper writes.

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During the hostilities in Ukraine, according to Orban, 86 Hungarians were killed. Hungary should not be allowed to be drawn into the conflict, he stressed.

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He expressed doubts that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are possible. “There will be no Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, whoever waits for this waits in vain,” Orban was quoted as saying by Telex.

The situation can be resolved only through a dialogue between Moscow and Washington, he believes. Europe has lost the opportunity to be a mediator after the MINSK agreements initiated by France and Germany were not implemented, Orban said.

The Hungarian prime minister expressed the opinion that the cause of the conflict was the refusal of the West to provide Russia with the security guarantees it demanded. “Russians speak such an old language <…>, but this does not mean that what they say does not make sense,” Orban said.

In his opinion, hostilities in Ukraine would not have happened if Angela Merkel remained German Chancellor and  Donald Trump remained US President .

Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goals the protection of the population of Donbass, the security of Russia, the “denazification” and demilitarization of Ukraine. Before the start of the operation, Putin expressed the opinion that a "puppet regime" was operating in Ukraine, and also called the question of the neighboring country's accession to NATO "predetermined".

In December 2021, Russia sent proposals for security guarantees to the US and NATO countries. They proposed to refuse to accept the former USSR countries, in particular Ukraine, into the alliance, and to withdraw NATO forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997.

In January 2022, the United States, NATO and Russia held several rounds of negotiations on a draft security guarantees, but they did not lead to results. NATO stated that they adhere to an "open door policy" and all countries should decide on their own whether to join the alliance.