EU Leaders Fail to Unlock Aid to Ukraine After Orban Digs In

European Union leaders on Thursday couldn’t break the deadlock over a €90 billion ($103 billion) loan to Ukraine, leaving some fuming over Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s refusal to budge until he regains access to Russian oil.

In an hour-long discussion during a summit in Brussels, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended via videolink, nearly every EU leader spoke in favor of unlocking the aid, noting they had all agreed to the loan during a marathon meeting in December.