‘Disaster’ for Putin as Orbán ousted in Hungarian election landslide
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,509.
Today, as Ukraine and the wider world react to the apparent rejection of Viktor Orbán’s model of “illiberal democracy” in Hungary, we ask: who is Péter Magyar, and what does his rise mean for Hungarian politics and Europe? As Hungarians confront a potential new political era, we examine whether real change is coming in Budapest – and how the European Union will handle the unresolved вопрос of the €90 billion loan for Ukraine. We also assess how much fighting actually paused during the Orthodox Easter ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine, and ask whether Vladimir Putin is ultimately a winner or loser from the recent global attacks on oil infrastructure.
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Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Crisp (Europe Editor). @JamesCrisp6 on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Orban ousted in Hungarian election landslide (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/12/orban-concedes-defeat-hungarian-election/
How Orban’s ousting in Hungary undermines Putin (James Crisp in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/13/orbans-ousting-hungary-undermines-putin/
What it’s like to be hunted by drones in Ukraine (Antonia Langford in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/13/what-its-like-to-be-hunted-by-drones-in-ukraine/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Don Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, as Ukraine and the world reacts to |
| 0:15.0 | the overwhelming rejection of Viktor Orban's illiberal democracy, we ask first, who is Peter Maggi? |
| 0:21.9 | Then, as Hungarians meet the new boss, will he be the same as the old boss? And if they're not to be |
| 0:26.5 | fooled again, how will the EU approach the tricky, unsolved issue of the 90 billion euro loan |
| 0:32.2 | for Ukraine? We examine how much fire actually ceased over the Orthodox Easter weekend, |
| 0:37.4 | and we assess whether Putin is a net winner or loser from the global attacks on oil infrastructure. |
| 0:43.4 | And later, we have an audio postcard from our Europe editor, James Crisp, on the ground in Budapest. |
| 0:50.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:00.0 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:01.0 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:05.0 | also our freedom and our European wreatter. |
| 1:10.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:14.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:19.3 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:23.9 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:29.3 | It's Monday the 13th of April, four years and 48 days since the full-scale invasion began. And today I'm joined by my colleague Francis Dernley and the Telegraph's Europe editor, James Crisp. |
| 1:41.7 | So the big news over the weekend, obviously, was the end of Victor Orban, |
| 1:46.1 | 16 years of his self-described illiberal democracy. President Zelensky congratulated Hungary's |
| 1:52.2 | opposition leader on his historic election victories, saying, I congratulate Peter Magyar and the |
| 1:57.8 | Teja Party on their convincing victory. It's important when a constructive approach prevails. |
| 2:02.9 | Ukraine has always sought good neighbourly relations with everyone in Europe, |
| 2:07.1 | and we are ready to develop cooperation with Hungary. |
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