Vučić was, logically, not overly excited about Magyar's incredible election victory, considering Orban's party suffered a debacle. "I congratulate Péter Magyar on his election victory. I am confident that the strong cooperation between Hungary and Serbia will continue to grow. I am also grateful to Viktor Orbán for helping to achieve such relations," Vučić wrote on X. According to Hungarian media outlets not aligned with the government, Orbán's last attempt before the elections may have been his biggest defeat, referring to a "false-flag" operation on the border with Serbia. This case showed that unsuccessful tactics are not Orbán's only problem. When an explosive was found on the Serbian section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, which transports Russian gas to Hungary, Orbán and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić immediately launched a campaign, each for their own reasons. However, that campaign was quickly halted. Just a few hours after the explosive was discovered, Hungarian journalists published messages from several weeks earlier, in which, they claim, individuals from Orbán's inner circle warned them about a "false flag," or fake operation, on the border with Serbia. As a result, shortly after the explosive was found—similar to the sex scandal at the start of the campaign—Orbán and his associates abruptly stopped discussing the topic, despite earlier announcements of a state of emergency and even the potential cancellation of the elections.