The Ukrainian leader recently threatened to dispatch the military to “speak” with the Hungarian PM over his veto of a loan for Kiev

European Council President Antonio Costa has rebuked Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky over a recent threat directed at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Zelensky suggested earlier this month that he could dispatch the Ukrainian military to “speak” with a “certain person” in the EU – widely understood to be Orban – over vetoing a controversial €90 billion ($105 billion) emergency loan for Kiev.

Hungary reacted with outrage, with Orban calling the remarks “political banditry” and “moral blackmail.”

Speaking to the European Newsroom on Monday, Costa said that while Brussels has “very good relations” with Ukraine and “especially” Zelensky, such remarks are unacceptable.

“Of course, we cannot accept it when, even in an emotional moment, someone addresses the leader of a European Union member state inappropriately,” he stated.

President @ZelenskyyUa's threats are not about me. He is threatening Hungary.

Unfortunately for him, he cannot stop me from protecting Hungarian families.