Hungary officials ‘gave Ukrainian forced injection’ after raid on bank vehicles
Kyiv sources say they think injection contained relaxant meant to make people more talkative in interrogationsHungarian security operatives administered a “forced injection” to one of the Ukrainians detained earlier this month during a dramatic raid on bank vehicles carrying gold bars and tens...
<p>Kyiv sources say they think injection contained relaxant meant to make people more talkative in interrogations</p><p>Hungarian security operatives administered a “forced injection” to one of the Ukrainians detained earlier this month during <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/06/hungary-seizes-millions-euros-cash-gold-ukrainian-convoy">a dramatic raid on bank vehicles</a> carrying gold bars and tens of millions of dollars and euros in cash, sources have told the Guardian.</p><p>Hungary’s TEK anti-terrorism police detained seven Ukrainians from the state savings bank, Oschadbank, on 5 March. They were accompanying a convoy of two armoured cars from Vienna to Ukraine, as it transited Hungary in what Kyiv claims was a regular transfer of state funds. Hungarian officials have claimed it was money for the “Ukrainian war mafia”, without giving details.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/hungary-officials-gave-ukrainian-forced-injection-after-bank-vehicles-raid-sources-say">Continue reading...</a>
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