Updated On: 02 February, 2024 07:30 AM IST | Brussels | Agencies
The announcement came despite staunch objections from Hungary in December and in the days leading up to Thursday’s summit in Brussels

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.”