Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused the top three European Union officials of shaping the bloc’s bellicose policy, labeling them the “German war troika.” Speaking at a political rally in Budapest on Monday, he identified the three “pro-war Germans” as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and leader of the EU Parliament’s largest party, EPP, Manfred Weber.

“The fact is that Europe is controlled by a German war troika… These three people are the ones who shape Europe’s war policy today,” Orban said.

He criticized the latest EU €90 billion ($106 billion) loan package to Kiev, arguing that the bloc is effectively financing the Ukraine conflict for another two years with money it does not have. “As Kiev will never be able to pay the money back, ‘our children and grandchildren will pay,’” he added.

Orban also warned against Western plans to deploy troops to Ukraine as so-called peacekeeping contingents. “Prior experience shows that European peacekeepers always tend to become warkeepers,” he said. “That is why I do not recommend that Hungary send troops outside its own borders within any European peacekeeping framework.”

The remarks follow Russia’s criticism of heightened Western military rhetoric. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated at a press conference on Tuesday: “They are seriously preparing for war against the Russian Federation, and, in fact, are not even hiding it.” Moscow has long argued that Western efforts have been fueling the Ukraine conflict to turn Kiev into a “threat to Russia’s security.”