Hungary continues to block the allocation of the 8th tranche of €500 million from the European Peace Fund, from which the cost of the weapons provided to Ukraine will be compensated.
What is known about Hungary's blocking of aid to Ukraine from the European Union
This issue was discussed by the heads of foreign affairs of the EU countries at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.
Another discussion about Ukraine in Brussels today among the 27 EU foreign ministers. And the 8th tranche (for €500 million) of EU military aid for Ukraine is still blocked, Jozwiak said.
We remind you that the reason for this blocking was Budapest's official decision to include the Hungarian OTR Bank in the list of war sponsors.
The EU is still determined to transfer new large-scale aid to Ukraine
This was learned by the Reuters news agency with reference to its insiders in the European Union.
As mentioned earlier, official Brussels proposed a significant increase in budget support, as it wants to help Kyiv pay salaries and cover other expenses.
The final vote of all EU members for this package will occur during the summit on December 14-15.
However, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy's team is worried that a new large-scale aid package of €50 billion from the European Union could be blocked by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is known to be a pro-Russian politician.
What is important to understand is that this decision cannot be adopted if at least one bloc country opposes it.
