Hungary blocks Europe's aid for Ukraine
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has once again accused Ukraine of pursuing an anti-Hungarian policy and of hatred towards his country.
Hungary is halting diesel shipments to Ukraine as a dispute over interrupted Russian oil flows through Ukraine drags on.
Four years to the day since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, the EU hoped to bring some comfort in the form of fresh sanctions against Moscow and a €90 billion loan to Kyiv. Hungary has stopped that happening.
BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - European Council President Antonio Costa on Monday urged Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to honour an EU deal for a 90 billion euro ($106.11 billion) loan to Ukraine, after Budapest said it would block the plan until Russian oil flows again through the Druzhba pipeline that traverses Ukraine.
The EU failed to approve a fresh round of sanctions against Russia as Hungary and Slovakia, who accuse Ukraine of disrupting oil deliveries from Russia, halted the measures.
"We demand Budapest stop dragging Ukraine into Hungary's domestic politics," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.