Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico Block €90B Ukraine Loan and EU Sanctions

Hungary and Slovakia are blocking the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia and a €90B loan for Ukraine, demanding the restoration of oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline.Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico claim Ukraine is withholding Russian oil following drone attacks on infrastructure, leading Slovakia to threaten a cutoff of emergency electricity supplies to Kyiv.EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas acknowledged that a unanimous agreement is unlikely before the fourth anniversary of the invasion, while Maria Malmer Stenergard described the blockade as a stain on Europe.