European Union leaders failed to reach an agreement on a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine during a high-stakes summit in Brussels as Hungary and Slovakia maintained their blockade.Prime Minister Viktor Orban has linked his support for the financial aid to the restoration of Russian oil shipments via the Druzhba pipeline which transports crude through Ukrainian territory.EU Council President Antonio Costa and other officials criticized the veto as a breach of solidarity while Ukraine promised repairs to the damaged pipeline by early May.Orbán continues to frame the oil flow as an existential necessity for
Hungary with the bloc facing