Hungary will not extradite conscripted men to Ukraine

Yellow Semien. Photo from open sources.

The Vice Prime Minister of Hungary, Zholt Semien, said that the country will not send citizens of conscription age to Ukraine.

This was reported by the local publication ATV.

Zholt Semien called Ukrainian refugees free people who have the right to decide for themselves which country to stay in. He added that each of the refugees is safe and receiving the necessary assistance.

«We will not investigate whether Ukrainians consider a person a conscript or not. Based on elementary humanity, we will not allow them to be sent to their deaths,» Zholt Semien said.

It was previously reported that Ukrainian consulates abroad will temporarily not accept documents from Ukrainian citizens of military age.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, announced on the X social network that he instructed the diplomatic missions of Ukraine abroad «to take measures to restore fair treatment to men of mobilization age.»

The Minister noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will soon provide detailed clarifications regarding the procedure for obtaining consular services within the framework of legislation for men of mobilization age in foreign diplomatic institutions with the approach to the entry into force of the law «On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Certain Issues of Military Service, Mobilization and of military registration» and after its entry into force.

As Dmytro Kuleba emphasized, in conditions of full-scale Russian aggression, the main priority is the protection of the Motherland from destruction.

The Ukrainian consulate in Poland has temporarily suspended consular activities since April 23.

Also, the Ukrainian consulate in London has suspended the acceptance of new applications for consular actions from conscripted men.

In April, Lithuania declared its readiness to help Ukraine return men of conscription age, but specific scenarios have not yet been considered.