Hungary’s foreign minister hints that Budapest will continue blocking EU military aid to Ukraine

By JUSTIN SPIKE
Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister has suggested his country will continue blocking a European military aid package for Ukraine despite a recent decision by Kyiv to remove a Hungarian bank from a Ukrainian list of sponsors of Russia’s war. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said a Monday decision by the Ukrainian National Agency of Corruption Prevention to remove OTP Bank from the list was a “step in the right direction,” but he implied that Hungary required further assurances before it would change its approach to Ukraine in any international settings. Hungary has maintained its veto of a $526 million EU aid package since May, when Kyiv placed OTP Bank on the list.