Orban says Hungary will poll citizens on Ukraine’s EU membership

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Hungary will poll its citizens on Ukraine’s potential future membership in the European Union, the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.

It comes a day after he refused to endorse an EU statement on support for Kyiv that was backed by the bloc’s 26 other leaders.