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muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:43 AM Friday

Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking seven bank workers hostage in Budapest

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has accused Hungarian authorities of taking hostage seven employees of Ukraine's state savings bank, Oschadbank.
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The employees were in two cars carrying $80m (£60m) worth of cash between Austria and Ukraine. The authorities had sent a note demanding the employees' return, Sybiha said.
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Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for blocking a European aid package for Kyiv.

Orban has accused Kyiv of imposing an "oil blockade" on Hungary by deliberately delaying the reopening of the Druzhba pipeline.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd03rj7n0nro

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