Did Hungary's shift on Ukraine's EU path change the picture?
A look back at reports around 4 June 2026 on Hungary's position on EU accession and Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia.
Did Hungary really drop its objections to Ukraine joining the European Union? As of 4 June 2026, that was the question hanging over the run-up to an EU conference in Luxembourg.
On 2 June 2026, Politico reported that Hungary would abandon its opposition to Ukrainian membership ahead of the Luxembourg meeting. Budapest had previously blocked the step under former prime minister Viktor Orbán.
The next day, 3 June 2026, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian drones had struck an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He said the strike came while an economic forum was scheduled to be held in the city. He also said military facilities at a naval base in Kronstadt had been hit.
Together, the reports from those two days set out the diplomatic and military backdrop to 4 June 2026: a reported change of course in Hungary on the EU question, and Ukrainian claims of strikes on targets inside Russia.
