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Hungary's Orban Denies Ordering $82 Million in Ukrainian Cash and…

The two Ukrainian cash-in-transit vehicles were carrying cash and gold when authorities seized them, and Orban dismisses the claims as politically motivated; the trucks had no comment.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN This Morning
Published 7:46 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by Newsmax: “Hungary's Orban Denies Ordering $82 Million in Ukrainian Cash and Gold Seized”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 7:46 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Ukrainian.
BBN covered this story before: Ukrainian drone strikes cripple Russia's internet; Sudan famine risk… (October 12).

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NewsmaxHungary's Orban Denies Ordering $82 Million in Ukrainian Cash and Gold Seized

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHungary's former prime minister Viktor Orban says he never ordered the seizure of two Ukrainian cash vehicles carrying eighty-two million dollars in cash and gold.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is live on location with the latest.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing on a road outside Budapest, Hank, and behind me is exactly the kind of stretch where two armored vehicles carrying cash and gold would be pulled over.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentOrban has dismissed the claims as politically motivated and says he directed nothing.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've covered twenty years of conflicts, and I've rarely seen this much paperwork about a truck.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentA man here has been watching traffic all morning, so I'm going to ask him. Sir, what have you seen?
Laszlo VargaArmored trucks go by every day around seven. They're very slow and very shiny, and I never touch them.
Laszlo VargaI was home having breakfast, if anyone asks, and nobody has asked until you.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentYou know their schedule, sir.
Laszlo VargaEveryone knows the schedule. I just know it better, and now I have to go.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola, did you get his name?
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHe gave me a name, Hank, and then got into a very ordinary gray sedan and drove away at exactly the speed limit.

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