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Kyiv hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January

Hungarian prime minister, Victor Orban, threw a major tantrum at the European Council meeting in Brussels on December 14 2023. Essentially doing the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s bidding, he prevented agreement on a major €50 billion (£25.7 billion) financial package for Ukraine.

We in Ukraine always knew this would be a long war. To sustain the fight, Zelenskiy must find a way to give those on the frontline a break, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

From the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the U.S. government has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s war effort. The Biden administration has repeatedly produced emergency spending packages to support the Ukrainian government and military. That funding has so far amounted to US$113 billion.

Georgia's imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi's failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.

Ukrainian president Zelenskiy had hailed opening of accession talks, calling EU decision ‘a victory for all of Europe’

But Hungary blocked a £43 billion package of financial aid for Kyiv

Tokyo adds 57 Russian new organisations to its trade blacklist in latest measures to punish Moscow.

The aid package for Ukraine was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The EU did approve opening membership negotiations with Ukraine and its neighbor Moldova.

As the war enters its 660th day, these are the main developments.

Hungary vetoes aid package for Ukraine; Kremlin says EU accession for Ukraine ‘very remote prospect’