Overview
- Ukraine said Wednesday the cash, nine one‑kilogram gold bars and two transport vehicles were fully handed back to state bank Oschadbank.
- Hungarian security forces had halted a routine Austria‑to‑Ukraine cash run in early March and detained seven Oschadbank employees before releasing them.
- The seizure covered about $40 million, €35 million and the gold, which Hungarian authorities kept while citing a money‑laundering probe.
- Ties have started to warm after Viktor Orbán’s ouster, with Hungary lifting its block on an EU loan and Péter Magyar agreeing to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in early June.
- Budapest has not clarified who authorized the restitution, leaving the status of any investigation uncertain.