Orban was defeated in Hungary, but Orbanism lives on
Viktor Orban’s stepping stone – the EU’s own illiberal tendencies and militarism – is still very much present.

Viktor Orban’s stepping stone – the EU’s own illiberal tendencies and militarism – is still very much present.






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No information has been provided specifying how the soldiers ended up fighting for Russia.
At least seven people killed in Ukraine and three in Russia, a day after Zelenskyy renewed his Easter ceasefire offer.

A child was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed home in Odesa after a Russian strike killed at least three people.
Ukraine increases attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure in bid to disrupt financing of its war.
Ukraine aims to drain Russia’s war chest with drone strikes on Pokrovsk and Ust-Luga oil facilities on the Baltic Sea.
During a trip to Damascus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the two countries agreed to work together.
The US and Israel have repeatedly hit the plant, raising risks of radioactive contamination far beyond Iran’s borders.
Fuel leaks at Primorsk, and NORSI oil refinery catches fire, Russian authorities say.
At least one person is killed in a Ukrainian attack on southern Russia’s Rostov region.

Russia has unleashed a massive round of deadly air strikes across Ukraine, in a so-called “Easter escalation.”