In Ukraine’s Ethnic Hungarian Villages, Politics and War Drive Depopulation
The Ukrainian region of Zakarpattia is home to around 75-thousand ethnic Hungarians – but many have fled to Hungary and other parts of Europe to escape the war with Russia and the military draft in Ukraine after Budapest made it easier for them to obtain a Hungarian passport. As Henry Ridgwell reports, these ethnic Hungarians have found themselves caught in a political dispute between Kyiv and Budapest.
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