EU Leaders Bypass Hungary’s Orban to Pledge More Ukraine Aid
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Twenty-six European Union leaders ignored Hungary to back a declaration of support for Ukraine at an emergency meeting, underscoring the difficult road ahead as the bloc tries to mobilize new support for Kyiv.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the EU’s most Russia-friendly leader and long a thorn in the bloc’s side, refused on Thursday to sign on to the summit’s conclusions, which pledged unwavering support for Kyiv and set out conditions for achieving a peace settlement.