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Hungary blocks €50bn in EU aid for Ukraine hours after membership talks were approved

Viktor Orbán says extra money to Kyiv had been vetoed but talks would resume in the new year

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has blocked a €50bn EU aid package for Ukraine, hours after leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv on joining the bloc.

A crunch summit in Brussels broke up after a day of wrangling as the Hungarian leader refused to green light funding to help Ukraine’s government over the next four years.

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