No signs of beating on body of Hungarian man who died in Transcarpathia hospital, nurse says

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No signs of beating on body of Hungarian man who died in Transcarpathia hospital, nurse says  The news of the death of a 46-year-old Transcarpathian in July man quickly hit the Hungarian media, with pro-government outlets claiming József Sebestyén had been beaten to death by Ukrainian conscription officers.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/21/no-signs-of-beating-on-body-of-hungarian-man-who-died-in-transcarpathia-hospital-nurse-say  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00In early July, a 46-year-old Hungarian man died in the Ukrainian region of Transcarpathia.

00:08His relatives anonymously told Hungarian pro-government media that he had been beaten to death by Ukrainian conscription officers.

00:15The claim was echoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on all his social media platforms.

00:30According to unconfirmed allegations circulating in the pro-government press and on social media,

00:49Joseph Sebastian was beaten with iron rods by recruiters and was in a coma for days before succumbing to his injuries in hospital.

00:55Your News traveled to Transcarpathia to find out the facts and whether atrocities against Hungarians are a daily occurrence.

01:25A man who works in the hospital where Joseph Sebastian died.

01:29Zoltán Rázsó is proud of being Hungarian, but as a Ukrainian national he's also proud of having served 27 months on the front lines near Bahmut.

01:38He said he met the deceased in the street at a time when, based on claims in Hungarian media,

01:43he should have already been in a coma, and later also met him in the hospital.

01:46Rázsó has also seen the videos circulated on the internet,

02:15but he says if you understand Ukrainian, you'll hear that they don't abuse Sebastian.

02:20Hospital tests showed nothing to suggest that he had been beaten.

02:45One of the most popular Hungarian-born bloggers in Transcarpathia, Sándor Lengiak,

02:53told Euronews that the conscription officers, the so-called TCKs,

02:57treat Roma and Hungarians in exactly the same way they do Ukrainians.

03:01Euronews spoke to dozens of locals and found no sign of tensions between ethnic Hungarians and Ukrainians,

03:27which is inconsistent with the recurring diplomatic spats between Budapest and Kyiv.

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