Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that Ukraine should remain a "buffer zone" between Russia and the West with security guarantees but without EU or NATO membership.
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Ukraine should be a buffer zone between Russia and the West with security guarantees but not EU/NATO membership
Russia will never accept having an EU and NATO member like Ukraine on its borders
Ukraine should be left as a 'buffer zone' between Russia and the West, with security guarantees but not accepting it into the EU or NATO.
Russia will never accept an EU and NATO member like Ukraine on its doorstep.
NATO should have started membership talks with Ukraine at the Bucharest summit in 2008.
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