A top aide of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has triggered outrage by suggesting that Hungary would have fared better by not resisting the 1956 Soviet invasion, in comments that were also critical of Ukraine's efforts today to push back Russian forces.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's political director called Ukraine's decision to defend itself militarily "irresponsible."

If it were in Ukraine's shoes, Budapest wouldn't have fought the Russians, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's top aide. Balázs Orbán, the political director of his namesake (but no relation to him), was a guest on a podcast on Wednesday where he talked about Ukraine's self-defense against Russian aggression.

The Hungarian government is unlikely to respond to military aggression from Russia with resistance. Budapest considers opposing the invasion, as Ukraine has done, to be irresponsible, states Balázs Orbán,

Moscow crushed an anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary in 1956 with overwhelming military force. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Balázs Orbán, who is not related to the prime minister, said Hungary had learned from its 1956 uprising, which was crushed by the Red Army.

Hungary, unlike Ukraine, would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion - said Balázs Orbán, head of the political cabinet of the Hungarian Prime Minister. - We probably would not have done what President Zelensky did two and a half years ago because it is irresponsible - he added.