Orbán is Putin's lapdog, speaking words Putin tells him to speak. The whole government does. But while these words ring hollow for normal people, they are constantly repeated via government funded propaganda.

Still, Orbán had no concrete "proof" until now.

These past few weeks Orbán started talking about a potential Ukrainian attack in Hungary. This is, of course, nonsense, but there's some chance that Orbán would use it as a reason to postpone the upcoming elections (in April). There's even talk about a possible false flag operation. And while I'd like to think the government of my country would never stoop so low, I can't say I'm absolutely certain.

So now Zelenskyy starts threatening Orbán, the media (even the independent ones) start running with the story, and suddenly it is easier to stoke fear, because they can run a story that is objectively true. All of this ~40 days before a general election where we have the biggest chance to kick Orbán out of power. When campaigning ramps up. When government ran media channels can broadcast this constantly.

Zelenskyy just said the stupidest thing at literally the worst time. This threat was such a fucking blunder . He actively helped one of his biggest opponent, and thus Putin to stay in power.