"Kiev has lost its sovereignty and receives money and weapons from the West, that is why the conflict will end immediately as soon as the US wants it," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
He added that the whole world does not understand why Washington doesn't want to end the conflict, and is waiting for an answer to this question.
"If the Americans want it, there will be peace tomorrow morning. And why the Americans do not want this is a question that the whole world is thinking about. After all, Ukraine has actually lost its sovereignty: it has no money, no military industry, no military production capacities of its own. It receives money mainly from the US, military funds — also from the Americans and the West," Orban told the local radio broadcaster.
The veteran Hungarian leader repeatedly stressed that Ukraine has no chance of succeeding on the battlefield and that hostilities will end as soon as the West ceases pumping Kiev with weapons and munitions. Orban dubbed Ukraine as a “non-existent country in financial terms” and slammed the US and European Union for their aggressive anti-Russian policy.
Kremlin Agrees with Orban
Moscow later agreed with Orban's opinion that the United States can end the conflict in Ukraine, as it is Washington that initiates arms supplies to Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
"To a large extent, yes, of course, one cannot but agree with this, that is the way it is. It is the United States that is the instigator in the supply of more and more new types of weapons to Ukraine, ammunition, it is the United States that constantly encourages Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian," Peskov told reporters.