EU, Hungary and Russia
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Hungary has blocked the European Union’s latest sanctions plan against Russia, and said it will hold up a big new loan for Ukraine.
Hungary said that it would block both the latest sanctions package on Russia and a financial aid package to Kyiv worth about $106 billion.
An EU court adviser says the EU Commission wrongly released billions of euros to Hungary, and that the bloc’s top court should annul that move
Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia have been cut off since January 27, when Kyiv says a Russian drone strike hit pipeline equipment in Western Ukraine.