The list of countries that don’t want NATO troops, though still short, is growing. The latest addition to the list which already includes Croatia and Bulgaria, is now Hungary. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, during a joint press conference with Angola’s Minister of Energy and Waterworks, dismissed reports of NATO troops coming to Hungary as “fake news.” The minister confirmed that Hungary’s defense ministry was consulting with NATO on the American proposal for the deployment of troops to Hungary, reported Hungary Today portal, but dismissed a CNN report claiming that NATO could deploy a 1,000-strong unit as “fake news.”
The Ukrainian news agency 112.International also cites Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benke saying that he believes that his country has a sufficient number of national armed forces, so there is no need to deploy additional units of NATO on the territory of Hungary. According to him, the situation around Ukraine does not pose an immediate danger to Hungary, so the country does not need additional NATO forces. The minister also observed that, according to the Hungarian army, the redeployment of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine does not indicate that Russia wants to attack Ukraine.
112.International also reports, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, that Russian troops deployed to training ranges in the Western Military District have completed a combat check that began on Jan. 25 and are returning to their home bases. Forward detachments of engineering units and radiation, chemical and biological protection are directed to points of permanent deployment. Aviation also returned to home airfields. Preparations for war, one may ask?
Poland, meanwhile, continues its deadly embrace of the NATO narrative on Ukraine. “Poland supports Ukraine in its efforts to prevent Russian aggression,” Polish government spokesman Piotr Müller, said in a tweet on Jan. 29, reported the Polish press agency PAP. “Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will meet with the Ukrainian President and Prime Minister in Kiev” on Feb. 1, he added. “We will do everything possible to maintain peace in Europe,” Müller also tweeted.
