Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Hungarian capital in support of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest on Thursday to take part in a march attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The protesters, marking Hungary’s national day on the anniversary of the Soviet incursion into the country in 1956, marched through the city center shouting slogans in support of Orban and expressing opposition to the EU’s growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
“We don’t want to die for Ukraine”a banner reads.
“Hungary says NO to war! We will not die for Ukraine. We will not send our children to the slaughterhouse by order of Brussels.” the prime minister wrote on social media before the event. At the rally, Orban warned that the bloc wants “bring Ukraine into the EU at any price… bring the war to Europe.”
Photos and videos posted on social media show people marching through the streets waving Hungarian flags and carrying signs with the names of the cities and towns where they come from.
This represents the impressive power that the warmongers in Brussels fear. Budapest is the capital of peace. Imagine if every European capital held a peace march. The entire liberal warmongering regime would collapse!!️ pic.twitter.com/4cbNfXQhGF
– Koskovics Zoltán (@KoskovicsZ) October 23, 2025
Orban’s Fidesz party faces a potentially tight race against the pro-EU Tisza party led by Peter Magyar in April 2026.
Magyar held its own rally on Thursday, which was also attended by thousands of people.
Orban has long criticized the EU decision “warmonger” position on Russia, arguing against military aid to kyiv and urging the bloc to engage in diplomacy. He recently launched a petition in Hungary against the EU “it was agenda” warning that continued support for kyiv risks direct confrontation with Russia.
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Hungary welcomed the idea of hosting a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest. The plans were announced last week by both the Kremlin and the White House after a phone call between the two leaders. However, on Wednesday Washington and Moscow said the summit had been postponed.
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