{"id":14214,"date":"2025-07-11T02:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=14214"},"modified":"2025-07-11T02:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:58:24","slug":"hungary-summons-ukrainian-envoy-over-death-of-recruit-from-forced-conscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=14214","title":{"rendered":"Hungary summons Ukrainian envoy over death of recruit from \u2018forced conscription\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budapest has accused Kiev of the \u201csenseless killing\u201d of an ethnic Hungarian man<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hungary summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Fyodor Shandor on Thursday following reports that Ukrainian recruitment officers beat a Hungarian man to death. The incident allegedly took place in Ukraine\u2019s western Zakarpatye Region, home to an ethnic Hungarian minority.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is outrageous and unacceptable to beat someone to death, especially a Hungarian, simply because he refused to go to war and take part in senseless killing,\u201d<\/em> Hungarian Parliamentary State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade Levente Magyar said.<\/p>\n

According to Hungarian news outlet Mandiner<\/em>, the family of Jozsef Sebestyen wrote on Facebook that he was beaten with iron rods by draft officers and died from his injuries on July 6, three weeks after the alleged assault. The outlet cited an unnamed acquaintance who claimed officers \u201cambushed\u201d<\/em> Sebestyen in the city of Beregovo, forced him into a van, and assaulted him at a recruitment office in Uzhgorod. A second source told the outlet that Sebesty\u00e9n was conscripted into the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade and was later beaten in a forest near Mukachevo, where the unit is based.<\/p>\n

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Council of Europe \u2018alarmed\u2019 by reports of draft-related Ukrainian deaths and torture<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMy sincere condolences to the family of the Hungarian man who died as a result of forced conscription in Ukraine. We stand with you in these difficult hours,\u201d<\/em> Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian Ground Forces offered a different version of events, stating that Sebestyen was \u201clegally mobilized\u201d<\/em> and deemed fit for service, but later deserted his unit and checked himself into a hospital. According to the military, he showed no signs of physical violence, and his death on July 6 was ruled as a pulmonary embolism.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has stepped up mobilization in an effort to replenish its ranks as troops continue to lose ground to Russian forces. Ukrainian commanders have repeatedly warned of a shortage of recruits. Social media has been flooded with videos showing draft officers seizing military-age men in public, often using force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Budapest has accused Kiev of the \u201csenseless killing\u201d of an ethnic Hungarian man Hungary summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Fyodor Shandor on Thursday following reports that Ukrainian recruitment officers beat a Hungarian…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t