“Today in Budapest, Hungarian authorities took seven Ukrainian citizens hostage. The reasons are still unknown, as well as their current well-being, or the possibility of contacting them.
These seven Ukrainians are employees of state-owned Oschadbank, who were operating two bank”
- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on X
The Oschadbank employees were detained while passing through Hungary between Austria and Ukraine and operating two bank cars, carrying $40 million, 35 million euros, and 9 kilograms of gold.
Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs confirmed that “all seven individuals will be expelled from Hungary.”
In connection with the incident, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry warned Ukrainian citizens to avoid traveling to Hungary for safety reasons.
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This… uh… sounds an awful fucking lot like state sanctioned robbery.
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The gold will be donated to the Russian war effort
