Hungary blocks €90B EU Ukraine loan, demanding oil pipeline reopen, stalling critical war funding.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is stopping a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine. He wants the Druzhba oil pipeline to be reopened so that Russian oil can flow back to Hungary and Slovakia. Ukraine calls this blackmail. The standoff, which is happening before Hungary's April 12 election, has stopped important war funding, which could make it hard for Ukraine to keep up its defense by mid-April. Even though the EU has tried to mediate and called for unity many times, Orban is still firm, saying there are problems with the pipeline. EU leaders say that the delay hurts the credibility of the bloc and makes it harder to make decisions as a group.