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A total of 3,247 people fleeing the war in Ukraine, including 770 children, arrived in Budapest by train on Sunday, the Budapest police headquarters said.

People across Hungary have come together to help the refugees arriving from Ukraine, government spokeswoman Alexandra Szentkiralyi said on Sunday.

The Hungarian Atlantic Council (MAT) has called on the Russian government to "immediately end the bloodshed" in Ukraine and engage in talks with Ukrainian representatives under peaceful circumstances.

The government's aid programme to help Ukrainian citizens fleeing from war raised 540 million forints (EUR 1.4m) in donations by Sunday morning, the state secretary for church and minority relations has said.

The government is supporting the member organisations of the Charity Council with 3 billion forints (EUR 7.8m) with a view to mitigating the effects of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine which also directly affects Hungary, government spokeswoman Alexandra Szentkiralyi said on Saturday.

Hungary has so far helped almost 4,900 citizens of nine countries return home with 28 relief flights, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook on Saturday.

Everything must be done to restore peace, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview to the Saturday edition of local daily Veszpremi Naplo in connection with the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Hungary has complete sufficiency when it comes to taking care of refugees from Ukraine, and the country does not require external assistance, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said in Brussels on Friday.

No decision of any kind was made at a Friday meeting of NATO foreign ministers which could lead to a direct NATO-Russia conflict, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Brussels after the meeting.

Katalin Novak, the ruling Fidesz party's nominee for the presidency of the republic, visited western Ukraine on Friday in her capacity as the goodwill ambassador of the Hungarian Reformed Charity Service.