Following the cancellation of the planned Trump-Putin summit, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday accused the European Union of trying to impose a “puppet” government on Hungary.

He framed next year’s national election as a stark choice between preserving peace or entering a war to, in his words, “die for Ukraine .”

As tens of thousands of his supporters filled a central square in Budapest, Orban, under threat from a centre-right pro-EU opposition party that leads most opinion polls, said Brussels wanted war and intended to eventually divide up Ukraine.

“This is why they want to squeeze Ukraine into the EU at any price….to bring war into Europe, and take EU money to Ukraine,” Orban told the rally in front of parliament.

Ukraine Is A ‘Threat’

Orban, who has opposed th

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