00:00Hungary has called for European Union sanctions against Ukrainian officials, following the reported death of an Hungarian citizen during military mobilization in Ukraine.
00:11Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed last week that Josef Sebastian, a 45-year-old ethnic Hungarian from Ukraine's Transkabathia region was beaten to death for refusing to join the Ukrainian army.
00:24The Ukrainian authorities have firmly denied the allegations. According to the Ukrainian military, Sebastian's mobilization was lawful and he died.
00:54of a pulmonary embolism with no signs of bodily harm. The incident has heightened already strained relations between Hungary and Ukraine, with Budapest summoning the Ukrainian ambassador and escalating its criticism of Kyiv.
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