Kyiv is seeking help from the EU to recover money and valuables seized by Hungary last week, while Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ordered the government to hold cash and gold seized from a ...

Kyiv warned Ukrainians and businesses of risks in Hungary after what it described as the kidnapping of Ukrainian citizens and the seizure of property belonging to a Ukrainian state bank.

As diplomatic tension flares, Kyiv now accuses Budapest of “taking hostages and stealing money” as seven state-owned bank employees were held by Hungary while moving cash between Austria and Ukraine.