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Magyar's Tisza party raised about 15 million forints
($41,276.83) and collected medical supplies and food donated by
Hungarians.
"This was a sudden decision after we saw the brutal Russian
missile attack," Magyar told reporters before leaving for Kyiv.
A U.N. rights mission said on Tuesday there was a "high
likelihood" Kyiv's main children's hospital took a direct hit
from a Russian missile. The Kremlin said, without providing
evidence, the hospital was hit by Ukrainian anti-missile fire.
Orban, a critic of Western military aid to Ukraine and the
European Union leader with the warmest relations with Russia, se
visited Kyiv and Moscow last week as part of what he calls a
"peace mission". His meeting with Russian President Vladimir
Putin drew a strong rebuke from some European allies.
"The prime minister is allowed to travel the world and pretend
that he is creating peace [...] but we believe in actions
instead of flying around the world three times. We are
different," Magyar said.
Magyar, whose party won nearly 30% of the Hungarian vote in a
European Parliament election in June, said Orban should have
visited Kyiv sooner but that one reason for the delay was a
disagreement between Kyiv and Budapest over the rights of
Ukraine's Hungarian minority.
Magyar said he agreed with the government that no arms shipments
to Ukraine should go via Hungary or with its help, as this could
make Ukraine's Hungarian community a target, but other countries
had the sovereign right to send arms to Ukraine.
($1 = 363.4000 forints)
(Writing by Anita Komuves, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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