NEWSFLASH: Vance insults Zelenskyy as he endorses Hungary’s Orban

Vance promoted the pro-Kremlin candidate in Hungary’s upcoming Sunday election on the second day of his visit to the country.

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During an unprecedented intervention into another country’s election, JD Vance accused Zelenskyy of making “scandalous” comments about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

After the paywall:

- What is the Zelenskyy ‘scandal’ that Vance is referring to?

- What is the U.S. Vice President doing in Hungary and on stage with Viktor Orban?

- What’s the state of Hungary’s upcoming election, and what might that mean for Ukraine?