The European Union is considering sending military advisors directly to Ukraine as part of its existing training mission to prepare Ukrainian soldiers. However, this move faces opposition from Hungary.

This was stated by Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto after a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, as reported by "European Truth".

Hungary against EU advisors in Ukraine

"They [EU] want to send military advisors to Kyiv – under a mission that was previously created for training Ukrainian soldiers," the Hungarian Foreign Minister said.

He reminded that Hungary does not participate in this EU military mission and only supports it under the condition that the mission's activities take place outside Ukraine. Szijjarto noted that conducting training for Ukrainian military by EU instructors directly on Ukrainian territory "carries serious risks of escalating the war".

"For us, this is a red line," he added.

EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, also confirmed during a press conference following the EU Council meeting that the topic of the training mission was discussed, although he did not disclose details about the possible dispatch of advisors.

He reminded that the existing mission has already trained over 73,000 Ukrainian soldiers.

"Therefore, today we also discussed what else we can do regarding missions. Should we expand the mandate of our missions to also contribute to the security guarantees of the coalition of willing?" Borrell asked, linking the potential expansion of the mission to the activities of the "coalition of willing" discussing additional support for Ukraine.

Hungary blocks the opening of the first negotiation chapter on Ukraine's path to the EU

Poland insists on starting the negotiation process for Ukraine's EU membership.

However, Hungary's veto makes the opening of the first chapter highly unlikely before the end of the Polish presidency.

Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs Janos Boka stated that Budapest disagrees with the current version of the EU's concluding documents regarding Ukraine.

Boka emphasized that the formulated conclusions of the European Union contradict Hungary's national interests in several key strategic areas.