Russian ruler Vladimir Putin hosted Viktor Orbán, Hungarian PM, in the Kremlin on 5 July to conduct negotiations and discuss Ukraine, among other things. He started the meeting by mentioning an ultimatum for Kyiv.

Viktor Orbán's trip to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin has put the usual visit of the European Commission President to the EU Council Presidency of Hungary "in question".

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has not informed the European Commission of his plans to visit Moscow to meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday.

German Ambassador Martin Jaeger has announced the arrival of the third air defence system sent by Germany to Ukraine. 

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell has said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's visit to Moscow is not part of Hungary's presidency of the EU Council, so it will be considered solely within the framework of bilateral relations between Hungary and Russia.

The plane, probably with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on board, took off from Budapest and flew into Belarusian airspace amid media reports about Orbán's planned meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has congratulated Keir Starmer and the UK Labour Party on their convincing election victory.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hopes that Ukraine will join the Alliance within the next decade.

The European Council has not given Hungary a mandate to promote peace in Ukraine, but Hungary can be "a good tool in the hands of people who want peace."

Just days after visiting Kyiv, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is about to visit Moscow.

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, considers the appointment of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to the position of head of EU diplomacy a "breakthrough".

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Donald Trump should reveal his strategy for a rapid conclusion to the war with Russia today, assuming he has one.

Dmitry Peskov, the Russian leader’s press secretary, stated that Putin had no expectations for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Kyiv.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán revealed that he travelled to Ukraine almost immediately after Hungary assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union in order to better understand how to assist the Ukrainian government.

During talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on 2 July, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán proposed an urgent truce, which is part of all pro-Russian "peace plans", but did not insist on it.