In this small town of about 30,000 in Ukraine’s hilly Zakarpattia region, ethnic Hungarians form a majority, and Hungarian is heard as often as Ukrainian. Orbán’s government has also sought to use the plight of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine to hinder Kyiv’s longstanding bid to join the EU. Orbán has accused Ukraine of sending ethnic Hungarians ‘to the slaughterhouse’. Orbán has in the past accused Ukraine of sending ethnic Hungarians “to the slaughterhouse” and bloating their military casualties. Like in any other town, Berehove has a memorial to fallen Ukrainian soldiers in its central square.

Source: The Guardian April 11, 2026 17:32 UTC