During the European Convention at Harvard University, Péter Szijártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, was presented with a gift—a fragment of a destroyed Russian tank from the battle for Kyiv in Ukraine. Oleksiy Prokopenko, head of the humanitarian fund HUCUS at Harvard, presented the war artifact to the official.

Prokopenko emphasized the significance of the gift, stating, "It was made in Russia, burned and processed in Ukraine. Wear this keyring on your house keys to remember what Russian terror is like, if you have forgotten the murders of Hungarians and Soviet tanks on the streets of Budapest in 1956."

He continued by cautioning against fostering close ties with Russia, warning, "Being friends with Russia is like betraying your children. Because today they are smiling at you, and tomorrow they will shoot your families."