The Ukrainian prisoners of war who were transferred to Hungary did not remain there and returned home
All 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war whom Russia handed over to Hungary in 2023 subsequently left the country. Most of them returned to Ukraine, while the rest moved to other countries. This information comes from a volunteer who spoke with their families. Vlasta Reipashi, a volunteer and head of the NGO “Volunteers of Transcarpathia,” who spoke with the soldiers’ families,
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None of the 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war whom Russia handed over to Hungary in 2023 remained there permanently. Most of them have already returned to Ukraine, while others have moved to various European countries.
According to Vlasta Reipashi, the information about the “Transcarpathian origin” of some of the soldiers, which was disseminated by the Russian side, did not correspond to reality. Among these people were residents of various regions of Ukraine, including Lviv and the Dnipropetrovsk region, and most of them did not even speak Hungarian. “Among the prisoners whom Russia claimed were of Transcarpathian origin, one man was from Lviv, and another from the Dnipropetrovsk region. Most of them also did not speak Hungarian,” Reipashi noted.
According to her, of the eleven soldiers transferred in 2023, seven returned to Ukraine. Two brothers went to the Czech Republic, one to another country, and the fate of another remains unknown, as he is presumed dead based on preliminary data.
In addition to this case, in 2025, Russia handed over two more Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary. One of them later appeared at a campaign event for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but their subsequent fate has not yet been disclosed.
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