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Hungary Drops Objections To Ukraine Military Aid

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Earlier this afternoon Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto confirmed that Budapest would drop its veto of around EUR500mn in military aid for Ukraine following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

  • The seventh tranche of a EUR18bn package of support for Kyiv will now be released after Hungary backed down in the face of staunch criticism from other EU members. Given that the disbursement from the European Peace Facility (EPF) constituted a foreign policy decision, unanimity was required from member state gov'ts in order for the funding to go ahead.
  • The Hungarian gov't is continuing to bar Ukraine's allies from transporting weapons to Ukraine via Hungarian territory, despite requests from fellow EU and NATO members.

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