MICHAEL WALSH REPORT: Hungary has summoned Ukraine’s ambassador to Budapest after the death of József Sebestyén, a 45-year-old ethnic Hungarian man from Transcarpathia, who was beaten to death by Ukrainian recruiters during a forced conscription attempt.

According to family members and local sources cited by Mandiner, Sebestyén was ambushed by recruiters near the Kossuth Lajos Lyceum in Beregszász after trying to evade capture.

Witnesses say he was caught, beaten, and transported to a recruitment center before being conscripted into military service. He was beaten again with iron rods in Munkács, then sent to a training camp, where he collapsed.

A disturbing video later surfaced showing Sebestyén crawling in a military camp, visibly injured, as others mocked him. He was later hospitalized and died after reportedly being transferred to a mental hospital used for wounded soldiers.

‘The lizard is crawling,’ one officer could be heard saying on the video.

The actual cause of death is disputed, with some suggesting internal injuries from the beatings may have been involved.

‘My brother, who loved and cared for his family and sacrificed his life for them, fought for exactly three weeks with the satanic forces attacking him with iron rods,’ Sebestyén’s brother wrote on social media.

His death has sparked outrage in Hungary and among the Hungarian community in Transcarpathia. Family members say they were misled about his condition and only learned of his death on July 6.

Hungarian neurosurgeon András Csókay confirmed that the family had reached out weeks ago about the case. State Secretary Levente Magyar called the incident ‘outrageous and unacceptable,’ adding, ‘It is outrageous to beat someone to death, especially a Hungarian, because he did not want to go to war.’

‘A country where this could happen cannot be a member of the EU’ – Orbán slams Ukraine after Hungarian citizen is beaten to death

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has forcefully condemned forced conscription in Ukraine, citing the recent death of a Hungarian citizen from Transcarpathia who was beaten by Ukrainian recruiters. 

Speaking on Kossuth Radio, Orbán linked the tragic incident directly to the ongoing war, asserting that a country where such events occur due to forced conscription is unfit for European Union membership.

‘A country where this could happen cannot be a member of the EU,’ said Orbán, referring to the beating death of József Sebestyén, a 45-year-old ethnic Hungarian from Transcarpathia,

‘We are talking about a Hungarian-Ukrainian dual citizen. This entitles us to avoid using cautious language. They beat a Hungarian citizen to death; that’s the situation.

And this is a case that we need to investigate, as this cannot happen,’ Orbán stated, emphasizing the gravity of the situation. He highlighted that while the front lines might seem distant to many Hungarians, ‘the war is taking place in our neighboring country. The threat is directly here.’

Regarding the man beaten to death, Orbán said that Hungary is working to aid the family, as the man left behind two children.

‘Citizenship means that if you are a citizen of a country, you are protected by your own state. You have obligations that you have to fulfil to your community, and the community has an obligation to protect you.

So we have to take care of the family, it’s ongoing, we have to look into what happened, it’s ongoing, and we have to ask the Ukrainian authorities.

It happens, so it has to be taken seriously, because the one who is beaten is one of us. Clearly, the root of the matter lies in the war,’ Orbán said. You can share this story on social media:

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