A fire in a transcarpatia church fits tensions between Ukraine and Hungary

The majority of Hungarians learned the news on the Facebook page of. Moreover, Viktor Orbán. For example, The Hungarian Prime Minister announced last Thursday that a church was “burned” in the Ukrainian region of Transcarpatia. Nevertheless, on the border with Hungary.

A photo taken at night, attached to the publication, shows what seems to be a fire through the building window.

On the walls of the building, we can also read the words “Hungarian, go out!” And “the Hungarians over the knife”.

The alleged perpetrator claims to have been initiated for a destabilization operation – Fire transcarpatia church fits tensions

A Euronews team went to the scene. Therefore, a few hours after the incident to try to understand what happened. Nevertheless, It quickly appeared that the incendiary had only damaged the fire transcarpatia church fits tensions sacristy door. The interior remained intact.

The graffiti had also been erased by the Ukrainian authorities a few hours after the incident. before our arrival, and the site was kept by the police.

Shortly after, the alleged perpetrator was arrested. According to the Ukrainian security service. the man would have admitted that he had been responsible for destabilizing the border region and creating an uproar which could then be used by The enemies of Ukraine for propaganda purposes.

The investigation also revealed that the incendiary probably had no knowledge of the region. A resident of Palad-Komarivtsi explained to us that the majority of Hungarians do not attend the Greco-Catholic Church where the fire took place. because the vast majority of them are reformed.

This is not the first incident of this type. On February 4, 2018, Molotov cocktails were launched on the headquarters of the Hungarian cultural association in Oujhorod. fire transcarpatia church fits tensions The authorities first suspected Ukrainian nationalists, but it turned out that they were Polish provocateurs paid by Moscow.

L’Affaire József Sebestyen

This event occurs a few weeks after a 46 -year -old man. of Hungarian nationality, died near a transcarpatia conscription center.

The medical examiner concluded that Joseph Sebestyen died of a pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot. a version confirmed by relatives of the victim, who claim that his body had no trace of blows.

However. the Hungarian pro-government media claimed, without providing evidence, that the doctor had been forced to falsify the report under threat, and that the victim had actually been beaten to death by “recruiters” during a conscription.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hastened to seize the story to denounce an alleged “hatred of the Hungarian” in Ukraine. and Budapest summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to demand explanations.

Kyiv said József Sebestyen was a Ukrainian citizen. fire transcarpatia church fits tensions denounced the Hungarian authorities attempt to exploit the incident for political ends, affirming that this was likely to harm Ukraino-Hungarian relations.