‘He cares about Hungarians’: the small Ukrainian town divided over Orbán

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The rightwing populist’s support for the majority-Hungarian population of Berehove means they may offer their votes in return

Across much of Ukraine, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/hungary-elections-viktor-orban-who-will-win">Sunday’s parliamentary election in Hungary is being followed with a singular hope: that Viktor Orbán, the Kremlin-friendly leader who has made opposition to Kyiv a centrepiece of his campaign, will be voted out after 16 years in office.

But in Berehove, the mood is more complicated.

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