A double Hungarian veto thwarts a Ukraine loan and Russia sanctions.
23 February 2026
A €90 billion emergency loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow are being held up by Budapest over an energy dispute involving the transit of Russian oil through the Soviet-era Druzbha pipeline.
“We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all,” High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
“We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all,” High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday.