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| Hungarian MoD: ‘We Are Putting An End To Our Previous Efforts Towards Peace. Entering Phase Zero Of The Path To War.’ |
| 2025-05-10 |
| [TelexHungary] "The fifth Orbán government has decided to build a truly effective, combat-ready Hungarian army. This means that we are putting an end to our previous efforts towards peace," Minister of Defense, Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said in the one-minute audio recording released by Péter Magyar on Thursday morning. According to Magyar, the recording was made in April 2023, just over a year after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In the recording, the defense minister stated that in accordance with the Hungarian government's decision, we are breaking with our previous mentality of peace and are entering "phase zero of the path to war”. According to him, this change was also served by the army's recent rejuvenation program. The defense minister had assigned Lieutenant General Gábor Böröndi, who was appointed chief of staff of the Hungarian Armed Forces in May 2023, to carry out the transition. “I am honored that he has accepted this task, and I expect him to thoroughly carry out this process”, Szalay-Bobrovniczky said on the occasion. We have sent questions to the Ministry of Defense about the audio recording released on Thursday morning. Shortly afterwards, the minister commented on the recording in a social media post, saying: "I am building an army that is prepared and capable of defending Hungary! Because peace requires strength". "Viktor Orbán's government is a government of lies and war. It's over, they must go. Orbán and his people have been deceiving Hungarians about standing for peace, but it has now become clear that they would drag our wonderful country into war," Péter Magyar said, commenting on the recording. According to him, the Minister of Defense admits, and even proudly proclaims, that “what they have been preaching for years is nothing but a bunch of lies.” In the opinion of the president of the Tisza Party, it has become clear that “while the Orbán government has for years been talking about protecting the Hungarian people, they are precisely the ones who are willing to sacrifice the safety of their own compatriots in exchange for money and power. This is no political mistake. It's a sin. A sin for which there is and never will be forgiveness.” Gábor Böröndi was appointed head of the Hungarian Armed Forces in May 2023, replacing Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, who now works as an expert for the Tisza Party. "You have to have the right person in the right place," Szalay-Bobrovniczky said at the time, justifying the decision before the parliament's Defense and Law Enforcement Committee. The defense minister said that Ruszin-Szendi had primarily performed combat duties, whereas the protracted Russian-Ukrainian war required operational-level knowledge and expertise. As he put it: the task of the Hungarian armed forces under Böröndi's leadership is to adapt to the protracted state of war (in Ukraine – TN) and to develop a more combat-oriented, well-equipped, serious military with a new culture. Related: Viktor Orbán 03/10/2025 Open Borders EU Saw over a Million Asylum Seeker Applications in 2024 Viktor Orbán 03/07/2025 Trump Effect: E.U. Leaders Agree to Massive Defence Spending Boost Viktor Orbán 01/08/2025 Far-right leader tasked with forming Austria government pledges to ‘govern honestly’ |
| Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660 |
| #2 Nice to see that not everyone in Europe is a psycho. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-05-10 01:38 |
| #1 This story could be connected: Viktor Orban sparks concern by wearing a scarf with map of 'Greater Hungary' on it including parts of modern Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia and Serbia. There's also an article on X containing additional details and commentary. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-05-10 01:09 |