The European Union summit declaration on Ukraine, which will take place on October 23–24, will be supported by 26 member states. Hungary does not plan to endorse it again, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,

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The US president, who is due to host Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, says there will be fresh US-Russia talks with "high level advisors" next week.

“Budapest is essentially the only place in Europe today where such a meeting could be held, primarily because Hungary is almost the only pro-peace country,” Orbán said. “For three years, we have been the only country that has consistently, openly, loudly and actively advocated for peace.”

President Donald Trump schedules call with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Ukraine seeks long-range Tomahawk missiles following recent Russian strikes on energy sites.

Oleksandr Ilkov, head of the Government Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has said that Ukraine expects a response from the European Union on its implemented reforms and calls to begin an informal negotiation process despite the veto by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump at their summit in Hungary if he is invited.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his reportedly tense meeting with U.S President Donald Trump last week was “positive.”

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Oct. 22 expressed hope that Ukrainian drone forces succeed in disabling an oil pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungary, amid another Warsaw-Budapest spat.