The European Union will find a solution to support Ukraine, regardless of the position of Budapest, which blocks important aid to Kyiv, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, two days before a European summit, AFP reports. Agerpres.

“Everything indicates that one way or another we will find a solution, with (Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor) Orbán or without him, to support Ukraine, but it would be better, and then it would be better for all of us, that in this process the unity of Europe is preserved,” Donald Tusk told reporters.

“Viktor Orban is left alone on the battlefield. He is the only (European) politician who so openly opposes Ukraine,” the head of the Polish government also noted.

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In December, Hungary blocked the payment of financial aid to Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros for the next four years. Negotiations on finding a compromise are ongoing in Brussels, where an extraordinary summit is scheduled for Thursday.

Hungary wants the decision to provide funds to Ukraine to be subject to further review, but other countries want to avoid giving Budapest such opportunities to exercise its veto at all costs. Thus, the outcome of Thursday’s summit looks very uncertain.

According to the Financial Times, the EU prepared a document in which the leaders of the 26 countries were asked to publicly threaten to deprive Hungary of all the funds due to it if a solution is not found at the summit on Thursday in order to apply pressure. on Budapest, “destabilizing its currency” and causing a collapse in investor confidence.

On Tuesday, Orban reiterated his refusal to provide aid to Ukraine for four years, believing that outside of the conflict, Ukraine represents “a serious problem for Europe, regardless of the war,” he said in an interview with the weekly Le. point.

On the other hand, the Polish prime minister said on Tuesday that he will meet with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico the next day.

“Prime Minister Fico also sent some skeptical messages about supporting Ukraine, but within the framework of the European Council, he demonstrated his solidarity,” said Donald Tusk.

“It is in the interests of Slovakia not to leave the game, politically and morally, like Viktor Orban with his pro-Putin rhetoric, and not only with his rhetoric, but also with the blocking of aid and assistance to Ukraine,” he said. underlined.

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