Hungary’s new prime minister says he will ask Putin to stop the war in Ukraine

NewsWorldEuropeHungary’s new prime minister says he will ask Putin to stop the war in UkrainePeter Magyar’s election victory over Viktor Orban was greeted with relief in KyivAlex Croft Tuesday 14 April 2026 11:41 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2957185","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/magyar-hungary-putin-orban-ukraine-war-b2957185.html","title":"Hungary’s new prime minister says he will ask Putin to stop the war in Ukraine"}}ClosePéter Magyar delivers landslide Hungary election victory speechOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}The incoming prime minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, has said that he will ask Vladimir Putin to end...