Hungary Returns Ukrainian Bank Cash & Gold Seized During Election Campaign
Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,
Hungary has returned money and valuables belonging to Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank after authorities seized the shipment earlier this year while it was being transported from Austria to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the return on Telegram on Wednesday, saying the assets had been seized by Hungarian special services in March, a move he claimed had been unjustified.
“Today, the funds and valuables of Oschadbank, seized by Hungarian special services in March of this year, were returned,” Zelensky wrote.
“I thank Hungary for the constructive and civilized step,” he added.
The shipment, which reportedly included cash and gold belonging to Oschadbank’s Ukrainian branch, was stopped by Hungarian authorities during a period of high tension between Budapest and Kyiv.
Hungarian officials said at the time that the bank workers involved were suspected of money laundering.
The Ukrainians were later released, but the authorities retained the seized assets until now.
The incident occurred during Hungary’s parliamentary election campaign last month, when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had made criticism of Ukraine a central part of his political messaging.
His government was also locked in a dispute with Kyiv over the interruption of Russian oil supplies through Ukraine to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
Orbán, who had long clashed with Ukraine and its European backers over sanctions, aid, and energy policy, was defeated in April’s election.
Péter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza party, will now succeed him, and the new Hungarian parliament is expected to be sworn in on Saturday.
The return of the Oschadbank assets follows a broader easing of tensions between Budapest and Kyiv.
Despite multiple claims from Ukraine during the election campaign that the Druzhba pipeline could not simply resume due to damage inflicted by Russian shelling, Kyiv promptly resumed the flow of oil to Hungary and Slovakia shortly after Orbán’s election defeat.
At the same time, Budapest stopped blocking final approval of a €90 billion European Union loan to Ukraine.
Tyler Durden Fri, 05/08/2026 – 03:30
Source: https://freedombunker.com/2026/05/08/hungary-returns-ukrainian-bank-cash-gold-seized-during-election-campaign/
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