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At a press conference following the EU summit, French President Emmanuel Macron says he expects Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban "to behave like a European and not hold political progress hostage". Macron's comments come after Orban, Russia's biggest ally in the EU, blocked the approval of 50 billion euros of aid to Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky arrives for a speech at the World Economic Forum, which he is attending in person for the first time in an effort to maintain military support from Kyiv's allies after nearly two years of war with Russia. Zelensky is on a diplomatic charm offensive at the annual gathering of global elites in the glitzy Swiss alpine ski resort of Davos to ensure that support from the West does not waver during the biggest war in Europe since World War II. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledges to find a way around Hungary's block on a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine at a summit early next year. "We will have an operational solution" she says, speaking after a crunch EU summit in Brussels where member states agreed to begin membership talks with Kyiv, despite opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. SOUNDBITE
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at a crunch EU summit threatening to veto a massive aid package and a start to membership talks for Ukraine. "We set up seven preconditions" he says, "three out of the seven is not fulfilled". The summit comes with fears mounting over Western support for Ukraine nearly two years into Russia's war. SOUNDBITE
EU Council President Charles Michel meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he threatens to veto a massive aid package of 50 billion euros ($54 billion) and a promise of formal membership talks with Ukraine during the upcoming EU summit. IMAGES
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