Viktor Orban has warned that punitive measures against Moscow could backfire, causing food poverty and mass migration Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has challenged the harsh EU sanctions being placed on Russia, comparing the measures to a nuclear bomb that could backfire, sparking a food crisis and mass migration in Europe itself.

The proposed law would target men who left the country during martial law and failed to return within 30 days Ukrainian lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks to deprive conscripts of citizenship if they have left the country during martial law.

The economy minister speaks out against withdrawing from the organization, saying the benefits of being in the WTO outweigh the drawbacks Russia needs to keep its place in the World Trade Organization despite Ukraine-related Western sanctions, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said in response to a bill demanding Moscow quit the WTO.