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Double Hungarian veto thwarts loan for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia

"We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all," High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday amid a new crisis caused by back-to-back Hungarian vetoes.

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00:01On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine,
00:06the European Union has become effectively paralyzed by two back-to-back Hungarian vetoes.
00:12A €90 billion emergency loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow
00:18are being held up by Budapest over an energy dispute involving the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
00:25We shouldn't tie together things that are not connected to each other at all,
00:30but let's listen to them explaining what are the reasons why they are blocking
00:36and then see whether there are possibilities to overcome.
00:41The oil pipeline was recently damaged by an attack attributed to Russia,
00:46but Hungary has accused Ukraine of delaying repairs.
00:49Over the weekend, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the suspension of Hungarian diesel exports to Ukraine.
00:56Kyiv has pushed back against what it calls blackmail and said repair works continue.
01:01A crisis meeting to resolve the dispute is scheduled for Wednesday.
01:05Croatia, whose Adriatic pipeline has emerged as a possible alternative, will also take part.
01:12As a result, you will see a lot of conditions.
01:15The next day is about the
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