India, May 15 -- Hungary has summoned the Russian ambassador over a massive drone attack near Hungary's border with Ukraine, marking a stark shift of tone by new Prime Minister Peter Magyar toward Moscow after years of cozy relations with the Kremlin under former Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

The ambassador, Evgeny Stanislavov, is expected to arrive at the Foreign Ministry around noon Thursday to speak with Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban about strikes that hit the Ukrainian region of Transcarpathia on Wednesday.

The region is home to a sizeable Hungarian minority. "The Hungarian government strongly condemns the Russian attack on Transcarpathia," Magyar said on Wednesday during a press conference in Opusztaszer in southern Hunga...