Hungary will install air defence system near Ukraine borderpublished at 10:52
10:52
The Hungarian defence minister has announced the country will install an air defence system near its border with Ukraine, citing a "greater than ever" threat of an escalation in the Ukraine-Russia war."We still trust that there will be peace as soon as possible, through diplomacy instead of a military solution," Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky said in a video posted to Facebook late Wednesday.
"However, to prepare for all possibilities, I ordered the recently purchased air control and air defence systems and the capabilities built on them to be installed in the northeast," he said.
His comments come after a meeting of Hungary's defence council was convened by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss the developments in Ukraine.