The incident in Uzhgorod, where the unknown set fire to the building of the Hungarian cultural center, led to a major diplomatic scandal. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary summoned Ukrainian ambassador in Budapest to give explanations. The diplomats of Nezalezhnaya in reply state that it was a provocation. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto, who tirelessly criticizes the neighboring state for the growth of nationalistic sentiments, spoke with the chairman of the Union of Hungarians in Uzhgorod, Laszlo Brenzowicz. The minister called an unacceptable incident an attack on the union building. According to him, if Ukraine seriously aspires to the EU and NATO, it must control the actions of extremists. "Surprising processes are taking place in Ukraine, extremist political ideas are spreading", the website of the Hungarian government quotes Siyarto. According to the head of the department, in the Nezalezhnoye are adopted laws that "severely restrict the rights of minorities and seem to intimidate members of the Hungarian national community in Transcarpathia". In Ukraine, meanwhile, they do not see their guilt in the incident, although the arson and condemnation. "I decisively condemn another provocation in Uzhgorod against the placement of the Hungarian minority. Systematic and similar actions of provocateurs testifies to a customized external trace. We will not leave our Hungarians alone! Together we will oppose attempts to destabilize Transcarpathia, "wrote in his microblog on Twitter, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin. In the same vein, the ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary Lyubov Nepop. "The decisive condemnation of such shameful provocations and concrete measures to find and punish the perpetrators is the unequivocal position of the Ukrainian side. We will oppose any attempts to shake the international peace both in the region and in Ukraine as a whole, "the ambassador to Facebook wrote. However, Ukrainians are still able to counteract "shameful provocations" only in words - in fact it turns out not very. The fact is that in early February, the building of the Transcarpathian Union of Hungarians was already trying to set fire by throwing into it Molotov cocktails. Then the officials of Nezalezhnaya also made condemning statements, but the safety of the Hungarian community was not affected in any way. The State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies reported that last night in the office of the Society of Hungarian Culture in Uzhgorod there was a fire, there were no injuries. Destroyed furniture and part of the property on an area of ??25 square meters.

The police opened a case under the article "intentional destruction or damage to property" (up to 15 years of imprisonment). At the same time, a spokesman for the military unit of the National Guard, whose servicemen guarded the building of the Consulate General of Hungary located near the cultural center, reported that they heard an explosion. Law enforcement authorities do not report how the investigation is progressing and do not put forward any versions about who could stand behind the arson attack.