“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine responded to Hungary’s decision to ban 12 Ukrainian news publications. The Foreign Ministry spokesman George Tykhy called it “blocking the access of Hungarians to a journalism based on facts.” The spokesman George Tykhy emphasized that there is a significant difference between the actions of the two countries. He noted that Ukraine’s decision to block Hungarian portals was aimed at combating Russian”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine responded to Hungary’s decision to ban 12 Ukrainian news publications.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman George Tykhy called it “blocking the access of Hungarians to a journalism based on facts.”
The spokesman George Tykhy emphasized that there is a significant difference between the actions of the two countries. He noted that Ukraine’s decision to block Hungarian portals was aimed at combating Russian propaganda. At the same time, the Orban government blocks Hungarians’ access to facts based on journalism. But the farther away from the truth, the better, ”the quiet wrote.
In September, Ukraine blocked a number of foreign publications, including Hungarian Origo and Demokrata, because of their regular spread of Russian propaganda.
Thereafter Budapest made a decision to ban 12 Ukrainian news publications, explaining it as a “principle of reciprocity.” Hungarian Prime Minister Hergey Gulyash stated that these measures are “mirror” in response to Ukraine’s prohibition of pro-Russian Hungarian publications.
And Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Podcast Harcosok órája stated that the incident with the crossing of the border of Ukraine with Hungarian drones “does not matter”, since Ukraine, according to him, is “not an independent and sovereign country.”
