The West’s Ukraine Strategy Has ‘Failed,’ Hungarian Foreign Minister Says

The Western strategy for defeating Russia’s ongoing invasion of eastern Ukraine has “failed,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during a visit to the South Caucasus nation of Georgia. “Sanctions [on Russia] are not working,” Szijjarto said in remarks to Georgia’s Imedi television channel—later picked up by the local press—on Oct. 29. “And the impact of [Western] weapon deliveries has not changed the reality on the ground. “It’s clear this strategy has failed,” Szijjarto said. He made the assertion while visiting Georgia, which held contentious parliamentary polls earlier this week. According to Georgia’s electoral commission, the ruling Georgian Dream party won the election with almost 54 percent of all votes cast....