 Viktor Orban arrived in Moscow on a surprise visit, not only as Hungary's leader, but as the president of the European Union, under its rotating leadership rules. Putin and Orban met for nearly three hours, with both men expressing thanks for the exchange, but showing no progress on efforts to stop the fighting in Ukraine. Putin repeated demands that any ceasefire would depend on Kyiv's full withdrawal from Ukrainian territories Moscow now claims but is never fully controlled, as well as a ban on Ukraine joining the NATO alliance.