Daily News Hungary
February 25, 2022

Servicemen in East Hungary undertaking humanitarian, military tasks

Hungarian servicemen deployed in the east of the country are carrying out both humanitarian and military tasks, Defence Minister Tibor Benkő said on Friday….

The minister said Hungary and NATO had plans in place in the event that the fighting would spread close to Hungary’s borders. Hungary can further bolster its necessary military capabilities either on its own of through international cooperation, he said.

Benkő stressed that as a member of NATO, Hungary was capable of carrying out tasks that other countries were undertaking at the international level. He added that his NATO counterparts had spoken highly of the level of preparedness of Hungary’s soldiers at a meeting on Thursday. Benkő said it was unclear how big of an area Russia’s attack covered, adding that it was necessary to be prepared for any development.

Hungary’s ground and aerial reconnaissance units are already at work and the preparatory forces have arrived in the eastern part of the country, Benkő said.