Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attacked what he called the "golden illusion" of Ukraine as a $100 million corruption scandal involving the state nuclear energy company rocks the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky .

Orban, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, has long broken with European allies on the Russia-Ukraine war and has clashed with Zelensky repeatedly. He does not want Ukraine to join the European Union (EU), as it is on course to do, and accuses Brussels of fuelling a war it should be stopping. Budapest also has warm relations with Moscow.

Ukrainian corruption has been a major concern of the U.S. under the Trump administration and a focal point of criticism targeting Zelensky. The latest scandal threatens to further undermine American public s

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