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| Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine | Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine |
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| Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Brussels on Thursday | |
| Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks. | |
| "Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social media after talks in Brussels. | |
| EU leaders said talks on aid for Ukraine would resume early next year. | |
| Ukraine is critically dependant on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces. | |
| The aid blocking was announced by Mr Orban shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia. | |
| Hungary has long opposed membership for Ukraine but did not veto that move. | |
| Mr Orban left the negotiating room momentarily in what officials described as a pre-agreed and constructive manner, while the other 26 leaders went ahead with the vote. | |
| A spokesperson for Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said the agreement had been unanimous. | |
| Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the EU decision on membership talks as "a victory" for his country and "Europe". | |
| Commenting on Mr Orban's opposition to the aid, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: "We still have some time, Ukraine is not out of money in the next few weeks." | |
| "We agreed with the 26 countries," he added. "Victor Orban, Hungary, were not yet able to do that. I am fairly confident we can get a deal early next year. We are thinking of late January." | |
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| War in Ukraine | |
| Viktor Orban | |
| Georgia | |
| Moldova | |
| European Union | |
| Ukraine | |
| Hungary |