Nato ally attacks 'coalition of the willing' for Ukraine

A senior minister from one of the UK’s Nato allies has publicly voiced opposition to efforts by Sir Keir Starmer’s coalition of the willing” to guarantee peace in Ukraine if US president Donald Trump can broker a deal.

- DAVID MADDOX POLITICAL EDITOR

Hungary’s state secretary Zoltan Kovacs, the mouthpiece of right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban, suggested on a trip to London that Western troops in Ukraine could be an extension of a “proxy war” against Russia. He added that Hungary, seen as being close to Russia, would play no part in joint EU efforts.

“It's certain that Hungary's position is very firm on this,” he said. “Hungary is not going to participate in any kind of supply of weapons, military cooperation with Ukraine, because we have a different mandate coming from the Hungarian people.”