Overview

• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked a crucial 50-billion-euro ($54 billion) aid package for Ukraine at the EU summit.
• EU leaders reached a breakthrough to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, despite Orban's objections.
• Orban's objections to the aid package and membership talks were bypassed by asking him to leave the room, allowing the EU to approve the start of talks with Ukraine and Moldova.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed the agreement to start negotiations as a victory for Ukraine and Europe.
• Orban has warned that he could still halt the membership process, and is willing to further stall the aid package to Ukraine to win budget concessions from Brussels.