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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - MARCH 15: As Hungary celebrated Revolution and Independence Day which marks the 172nd anniversary of the start of the 1848 Revolution against the Austrian Empire, thousands of opposition party supporters marched through the streets of Budapest on Tuesday (Mar. 15) Opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay told the election rally the country "must choose Europe instead of the East." Meanwhile, speaking to the crowd gathered in Kossuth Lajos Square in front of the National Assembly Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country should not be involved in the Russia-Ukraine war, but that the opposition wanted to send troops and weapons to Ukraine. Hungary had been part of the Austrian Empire since the early part of the nineteenth century, though it had operated almost as a separate country. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, celebrating Revolution and Independence day has been more open and the day is marked by speeches and performances of traditional Hungarian music. (Footage by Mehmet Yılmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)