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Double demonstrations draw hundreds of thousands in Hungary

Several hundred thousand people filled the streets of the Hungarian capital Budapest on Thursday. The reason was that supporters of both Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and opposition leader Péter Magyar called for demonstrations, reports the AP.

Orbán's supporters gathered on a bridge for a "peace march" on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. The demonstrators shouted slogans in support of Orbán's reluctance to support Ukraine in the war.

"We do not want to die for Ukraine," read a large banner.

Later in the day, one of Budapest's squares was filled with Magyar's supporters. They celebrated on the same day but with a completely different message: That Russia must get out of Ukraine.

When Hungary goes to the polls in April, it looks like it will be one of the most even in the country in over 15 years.

Putin's Russia
Russia suspected of having a base for espionage at Estonia

NATO has received information that Russia is using the wreckage of the passenger ship Estonia as a training ground for underwater operations and possibly also as a hiding place for spy technology, according to a major investigation in the German media.

The ferry, which sank in 1994, lies at a depth of 80 meters in the Baltic Sea and is protected by an international diving ban due to the Peace of the Dead. This means that Russia has been able to operate undisturbed in the area.

Several NATO countries are said to have information that the Russian military has placed technical equipment at the wreck to navigate underwater drones.

Moscow has not commented on the information.

Zelenskyj in London – robots on the agenda
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting in Copenhagen earlier in October. Photo: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/TT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting London today to meet with his main backers.

Frozen Russian assets and long-range missiles are on the agenda.

The meeting is being hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who, according to British media, is expected to push for the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's defense.

- We want to complete the work on the frozen Russian state assets, essentially so that we can use them to free up billions of pounds to finance Ukraine's defense, says Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds to radio station LBC ahead of the meeting.

During yesterday's EU summit in Brussels, the leaders agreed to develop "proposals for how Ukraine should be supported financially in the coming years" - but the frozen Russian billions were not specifically mentioned.

Friday's meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing is also expected to address long-range missiles. Starmer will urge allies to step up the pace of supplying Ukraine with missiles with long-range capabilities, according to a statement from his office.