You won’t believe this: the Ukrainian press is now openly writing that after the 2026 elections, Hungarian combat aircraft could be sent to Ukraine.
They are no longer hiding their plan: they are waiting for the Tisza Party to come to power, because with them, the path would finally open for Hungarian weapons.
Let there be no doubt: this is nothing less than a crude attempt to interfere in Hungary’s elections. Ukraine is already calculating when it could deploy Hungarian fighter jets against the Russians.
But we will not allow our country to be dragged into this senseless conflict! Hungarians want peace and security. We say no to financing the war!
Only Fidesz is the safe choice!
For those who sometimes receive with skepticism the statements coming from Fidesz or from the Hungarian government claiming that Ukraine is hoping for a Tisza-led government—because such a government would equate Ukrainian EU accession with involvement in the war—I recommend that they take a look at what the Ukrainian press itself is writing.
The Ukrainian media has indeed written that they are hoping that if there were a change of government in 2026 and Tisza came to power—which is clearly what they are hoping for—then this would mean that Hungarian combat aircraft could arrive in Ukraine.
Well, they know it, and the Ukrainians know it too: if we remain in government, this cannot happen. Because we will not send Hungarian taxpayers’ money to Ukraine, and we do not want to be drawn into this war at all.
That is why Fidesz is the safe choice.
1️⃣ What actually happened? (fact chain, no fluff)
Point zero of the source
A Ukrainian military trade outlet called Defence Express, with roughly 50,000 daily reach, published a technical–economic article about:
- L-39NG Skyfox aircraft
- prices and delivery delays
- the Czech manufacturer (Aero Vodochody)
👉 It was not a political article, not a call to action, not a plan.
Only one half-sentence appears:
“this may somewhat change with the 2026 Hungarian elections”
This is conditional speculation, not a statement of fact.
2️⃣ How did this become “Hungarian fighter jets in Ukraine”?
👉 Propaganda spiral
① Ukrainian review
Unian summarizes it — still cautiously.
② Mandiner distortion
Mandiner then writes:
“If Fidesz loses, Hungary may give combat aircraft to Ukraine”
🔴 This is where the leap happens:
- speculation → assertion
- “production order” → weapons transfer
- “may” → “will”
③ Political amplification
Facebook post by Máté Kocsis:
“The Ukrainian press writes that our country may hand over its combat aircraft…”
🔴 Classic external reference shield:
“I’m not saying it — they are.”
④ Self-feeding loop
- Mandiner quotes Kocsis
- MTI quotes Mandiner
- MTI quotes Kocsis, who quoted Mandiner
👉 A closed propaganda loop, with no independent external source.
3️⃣ Alexandra’s text – what tricks does it use?
🎭 1. “The Ukrainian press is openly writing”
➡️ Exaggeration + generalization
Reality: one outlet, one half-sentence
“openly” = emotional intensifier
🎭 2. Conditional → fact
Original:
“this may somewhat change”
Alexandra’s version:
“Ukraine is already calculating when it can send Hungarian fighter jets”
🔴 Logical falsification
conditional → future fact → urgent threat
🎭 3. Election = war
Narrative chain:
Tisza = Ukraine
Ukraine = weapons
weapons = war
war = Hungarian blood / money
👉 This is a false causal chain. Nothing in it is proven.
🎭 4. “Interference in Hungarian elections”
This is especially ironic, because:
❌ no Ukrainian call
❌ no Ukrainian campaign activity
❌ no demand
✔️ what does exist: Hungarian domestic fear-mongering
🎭 5. “We want peace — only Fidesz”
This is already mobilizing propaganda, not information.
Function:
- fear creation
- closing off alternatives
- moral coercion (“if you’re not with us, you’re pro-war”)
4️⃣ The NER angle – why is this awkward?
Telex’s note is not accidental:
👉 Aero Vodochody ownership links:
- formerly Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky
- later Zsolt Hernádi
- then Árpád Habony
Which makes it especially absurd to claim:
“the Ukrainians want the planes”
when the manufacturer has NER-adjacent ties.
5️⃣ Final summary — in one sentence
This is not Ukrainian interference, but Hungarian domestic panic manufacturing, where a half-sentence from a technical trade outlet turned into
→ propaganda
→ political threat
→ electoral blackmail.
What actually happened – in brief
A minor article in a Ukrainian military-focused outlet triggered a self-reinforcing political media spiral in Hungary.
Last Friday, Defence Express, a Ukrainian patriotic military website with roughly 50,000 daily readers, published a technical and economic analysis about when and at what price Ukraine might be able to acquire L-39NG Skyfox aircraft from the Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody.
The article focused on pricing, production capacity, and delivery delays, noting that even Hungary — which ordered 12 aircraft in April 2022 — only received its first three in May 2025.
In a single speculative sentence, the article mentioned that political circumstances in countries like Hungary might change after the 2026 Hungarian elections, which could theoretically affect delivery priorities.
No plans, requests, or political demands were described.
That same day, the Ukrainian outlet Unian summarized the article.
Three days later, the Hungarian pro-government outlet Mandiner published a headline claiming that if Fidesz loses the election, Hungary may give combat aircraft to Ukraine.
This framing converted a conditional technical remark into a political claim.
On Tuesday morning, Máté Kocsis echoed this interpretation on Facebook, presenting it as something “the Ukrainian press is saying.”
Mandiner then summarized Kocsis’s post, and shortly after, the state news agency MTI summarized Mandiner’s summary — and then summarized Kocsis summarizing Mandiner.
The story thus circulated entirely within a closed domestic media loop, without any new source or evidence.
As a result, a speculative half-sentence from a niche Ukrainian outlet was transformed into a Hungarian political narrative about foreign interference, opposition betrayal, and imminent military involvement — despite no such claims existing in the original source.
(Additional context: the Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody has long had investors linked to Hungary’s NER circle, which makes the later political framing particularly ironic.)
https://telex.hu/zacc/2026/01/27/fidesz-mandiner-mti-szemle-ukrajna-repulogep