00:01Hungary is blocking the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia and threatening to cut off support for Ukraine in the
00:09process.
00:09The country's foreign minister announced on Sunday that Budapest won't back the measures until Ukraine repairs a damaged section of
00:17the Jerusalem pipeline and restores oil supplies.
00:21Prime Minister Viktor Orban went further, suspending diesel deliveries and opposing a €90 billion EU war loan to Kiev.
00:31Slovakia is piling on too.
00:33Prime Minister Roberto Fico warned he'll cut emergency electricity to Ukraine if oil supplies don't resume by Monday.
00:41His country's supplies make up nearly half of Ukraine's electricity imports.
00:47Kiev is calling it blackmail, accusing both governments of doing Moscow's bidding while Russian missiles continue to batter Ukrainian energy
00:56infrastructure through one of the coldest winters on record.
01:00Orban, the EU leader closest to the Kremlin, has long blocked sanctions and vetoed aid to Ukraine.
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