Hungary Summons Russian Ambassador Over Drone Strikes on Zakarpattia Oblast

Strikes reached infrastructure at two locations: a transformer and railway station in Svaliava and an industrial facility in Uzhhorod.

EUROPE — Hungary summoned Russia’s ambassador on May 14 after Russian drone strikes reached Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine’s westernmost region sharing a direct border with Hungary, on May 13.

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Following a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said Foreign Minister Anita Orbán would meet the Russian envoy at 11:30 a.m. local time to convey Hungary’s condemnation of the strikes.

Zakarpattia Oblast borders Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania and is home to a significant ethnic Hungarian minority. The oblast had seen limited direct Russian drone strikes before the May 13 strikes, situated far from the main eastern front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russian Drone Strikes on Zakarpattia