EU ire as Hungary stalls new Russia sanctions over Ukraine

THE EU’s top diplomat said she did not expect to get a deal on new Russia sanctions yesterday after Hungary vowed to block them unless Ukraine reopens a key oil pipeline.

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The 27-nation bloc has been pushing to impose a new round of economic punishment on Moscow for today’s fourth anniversary of the Kremlin's full-scale.

“T think there is not going to be progress regarding this today, but we will definitely make this push,” Kaja Kallas, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, said at the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban - the friendliest EU leader to the Kremlin — said at the weekend Budapest would veto the sanctions until the Druzhba pipeline is reopened.