Ukrainian Bank Workers Freed From Hungarian Detention

The release comes amid escalating tensions between Kyiv and Budapest after Hungarian authorities detained the Ukrainians in a case that has strained already fragile relations.

A group of seven Ukrainian bank workers who were detained by Hungarian authorities have now been released and are back in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said Friday.

Ukraine was “able to secure the release of seven Ukrainian nationals who were held in Budapest. They are already safe and they have crossed the Ukrainian border,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said in a post on X.