Ukraine to get 50 billion euro aid from Europe

Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

A top European Union official says the 27 EU countries have sealed a deal on new aid for Ukraine at a summit of the bloc's leaders and despite Hungary's threats to veto the move.

"We have a deal," European Council President Charles Michel said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. He wrote that all "27 leaders agreed on an additional 50-billion-euro ($54 billion) support package for Ukraine within the EU budget."

The announcement came despite staunch objections from Hungary in December and in the days leading up to Thursday's summit in Brussels. It was not immediately clear if any concessions were made to secure Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's approval.

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