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Polish-Hungarian Tensions Rise Over Putin's Aircraft Detention
10/23/2025
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- Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó clashed over detention of Vladimir Putin's aircraft if it enters Polish airspace.
- Sikorski said an independent court could order grounding, referencing a Polish Nord Stream 2 case involving a Ukrainian suspect.
- Szijjártó criticized Polish court independence and called the Ukrainian suspect a terrorist, while Sikorski defended the decision as not a crime.
