Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for providing "specific support" to Russian President Vladimir Putin by blocking Kyiv's ambition to join the European Union.

The deadlock has prevented both Ukraine and Moldova, which are informally coupled, from opening the first cluster of accession talks, fuelling anger and frustration.

"I don't think that I have to offer something to Viktor Orbán," Zelenskyy said, in an interview via videolink with Euronews CEO and editorial director Claus Strunz at the Euronews' EU Enlargement Summit.

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"I think that Viktor Orbán has to offer something for Ukraine, which is protecting the whole Europe from Russia, and even now, during this war, we did not g

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